100 years of Macy’s Thanksgiving Parades #SundaySalon
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How’s the weather?
We’re finally getting some downright cold weather. I put the flannel sheets on the bed this week.
What are you reading?
Our next book group meeting is on December 5. I didn’t expect the novel There There by Tommy Orange to be such a page-turner, but I’m finding it hard to put down. I pick it up every chance I get to check in with the, mostly, American Indian characters in Oakland, California who are preparing, in various ways, for the annual Big Oakland Powwow.
What are you watching?
Ken Burns’ new documentary on PBS about Leonardo Da Vinci is fascinating. One of the reasons that I got Rick to watch it with me was that he’s been doing a Tom Hanks movie marathon this month. The Da Vinci Code was on his list of movies to watch. I got the DVD at the library. I also found a DVD of a documentary from the Smithsonian Channel, The Real Story: The Da Vinci Code. So, we have a good little theme going here.
What are you doing?
Felix the Cat, a balloon from the 1927 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
I’m looking forward to the Macy’s Parade on Thanksgiving. That’s been a big part of most of my Thanksgivings since childhood. The very first parade was held on Thanksgiving Day, November 27, 1924, one hundred years ago. Neither Macy’s nor the broadcaster NBC are making much of a deal of that, however. Since there were no parades during World War II, this year’s parade is billed as the 98th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
What are you up to this fine Sunday?
I can’t wait to watch the parade on Thursday!
My granddaughter was in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade twice when she was in high school. Now she’s a music teacher.
I love that Macy’s has done the parade for so many years! I’ll try and see if I can find it to watch it here in Canada.
I liked both “There There” and its sequel. I think Tommy Orange is a really good novelist.
Enjoy the parade… mae at maefood.blogspot.com
It’s interesting that the parade officials are not billing this as the 100th but I guess talking about the lost parades during WWII would take some of the fun out of things.
Book clubs can be so good for getting you to read something amazing that you really wouldn’t have guessed was so riveting! I’ve not heard of that one; I’ll have to go look it up.
I think we’ll be watching the parade but on tv. Quiet holiday here this year. Getting used to colder weather. Have a great Thanksgiving.
I love that about our book club, that it gets me to read off of my ordinary track! I’ll have to check out Tommy Orange as well. Happy Thanksgiving!
I’m glad to know There There is so engaging, planning to read it next year. We always have the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade on… not necessarily watching it every minute, but it’s on. We went out to dinner Friday night and our server mentioned that one of her good friends will be a handler for the Minnie Mouse balloon!
The Macy’s Parade is a good tradition. My mother always watched it. And the ending of There There hit me hard — I wasn’t expecting it. We are watching the Ken Burns’s Da Vinci doc too, but have more to see. It’s good!
Have a great Thanksgiving week and enjoy the parade.
I do not like watching parades. I had to DNF There There as I couldn’t get into it. However, I think I will like Da Vinci by Ken Burns so thanks for letting me know it’s out there! I’m out of the PBS loop now that I don’t have my mom’s monthly PBS guide that she always used to have sitting on the table in the living room.
I like parades in person but have never enjoyed the TV versions much. My favorite parade I’ve ever gone to: The Rose Parade in Pasadena.
I really, really liked There There, too. But it was not popular at book club. I’ll be curious to hear how your group reacts to it.
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Happy Thanksgiving, enjoy the parade!
I wonder if the parade will be streamed. I will look for it.
I hope to watch the DaVinci documentary on PBS. Thank you for the reminder about it, Joy.
Happy Thanksgiving!
That brings back memories! I remember watching the pardaes on tv and also going to a few as a child, my father lifting me up on his shoulders.
The Leonardo da Vinci documentary was so interesting! What an amazing person.