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Children watch a float go by from an apartment on Central Park South during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade in New York on Thursday, Nov. 25. The 84th annual celebration featured approximately 8,000 participants including more 1,600 cheerleaders and dancers, twelve marching bands, and an assortment of celebrities in addition to 15 giant character balloons.

A room with a view: Happy Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

What a treat to look out the window and see one of these giant balloons go by. You can check out more images from the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade here.

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