80 foot tall Superman balloon from the 1940 Macy’s Thanksgiving’s Day Parade
Before you know it, it’ll be Thanksgiving Day (not you Canada, you already had yours), and that means the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving’s Day Parade, which means giant balloons and morning newscasters bundled up like its -30 F regardless of the temperature, drinking as soon as the sun comes up, making off-color remarks about celebrities you don’t give a shit about.
Oh, 1940. Sorry, got on a tear. In 1940, things were a bit simpler and the Macy’s parade had this enormous and sort of ugly but charming Superman balloon.
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