Live Photos From the 2014 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

A view of the parade from quite a height! via @theFerminator on Twitter

A very vintage view of Harold the Police Officer via @chelsea_marbles

A classic! Harold the Police Officer via @Orhanakkurt on Twitter

Harold the Police Officer keeps watch over the crowds via @kwanpony on Twitter

A Hail Mary pass sails down the parade route! via @katrinawoz on Twitter

Santa arrives! Happy Thanksgiving, everyone via @emsechler on Twitter

See you next year! via @wesleforce on Twitter

Macy's Elves keep an eye on the parade via @ASavino17 on Twitter

Crowds line up ahead of the parade via @adallos on Twitter

Tom Turkey begins the parade via @NYPDnews on Twitter

Snoopy and Woodstock balloons fly high above the crowds via @gigi_nyc on Twitter

Thomas the Tank Engine looks at all his fans via @shaneSnipes on Twitter

Spongebob joins the NYC skyline via @christyhughesss on Twitter

Elf on a Shelf, Papa Smurf, and a classic candy cane balloon via @efeakgun on Twitter

Ronald McDonald prepares to take a turn in the parade route via @_IanColburn on Twitter

A view from high above of parade crowds via @stevetheray on Twitter

The Pillsbury Doughboy via @_kariwhite_ on Twitter

The Macy's storefront via @safesler on Twitter

The beginning of the parade via @dadarocks on Twitter

Finn and Jake on an Adventure in NYC via @gigi_nyc on Twitter

Up close and personal with Snoopy and Woodstock via @mollynicole627 on Twitter

Temperatures in the mid-thirties and cloudy skies are making for a great parade day so far - the only possible hazard is an increase in wind speed. Currently, winds are only around 6 mph, but if they increase, they could get closer to the maximum allowable speeds of 23 mph with gusts of 34 mph.

Are you along the parade route? Send in your pics! You can mention @agreatbigcity on Twitter or Instagram or email them in via the contact page.

Also in the outlook for today's parade: A potential protest march that could disrupt parade events or infiltrate crowds along the parade route. The event is in support of ongoing Ferguson, Missouri protests.

An excerpt from the protest group's Facebook event page is below:

We will meet on the steps of the Public Library bright and early to plan exact flash mob location and make our signs. Please bring cardboard/posterboard small enough to hide on your person and markers. We are not interrupting the march, we are making a statement in the crowds.

Update β€” The protest was fairly small, with some protesters getting arrested and not disrupting the parade in any way.

How about this? Here's a look at what the Macy's parade of 90 years ago would have looked like: The New York Times posted this photo from their archives of a full-page ad announcing the first parade


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