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Curious George is the main character of a series of children's books of the same name.

Introduced in 1941, George is a monkey from Africa, who lives in the city with The Man with The Yellow Hat.

The book series spawned movies, as well as a TV series which premiered in 2006 on PBS.

History with the Macy's Parade[]

Before he was a balloon, he was made into a push float in the 1972 Parade, which features Curious George reading one of his books, and wearing a red bowtie. Multiple flowers and George plushes were placed around the float. This float retired the same year it debuted.

After a nearly 30-year absence from the parade, Curious George made his grand return to the Macy's Parade in 2001, to help celebrate his 60th birthday. That same year, he was selected to become Macy's Holiday Ambassador of 2001, with a plush version of the balloon being sold exclusively at Macy's stores. The balloon was retired after that year's procession. However, the balloon still exists as of 2016.

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