November 27, 2025
The Hidden World of Macy’s Parade Balloon Handlers
Inside the Secret Life of Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloon Handlers — What Really Happens Behind the Scenes from 3 A.M. to Showtime Long before the rest of the country wakes up to the warm smell of turkey and the comfort of a slow, easy holiday morning, a different kind of Thanksgiving tradition is already in motion on the streets of New York City. By the time most families turn on their televisions to watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade glide between skyscrapers, the people responsible for bringing those iconic balloons to life have already been awake for hours, bundled
