The 22nd Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1948)

The 21st Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1947)

The 22nd Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1948)

The 23rd Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1949)

The 22nd Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Date	November 25, 1948
Parade #	22
New Giant Balloons	Monkey on the High Trapeze by Macy's Crocodile by Macy's Fireman by Macy's
New Floats	Jonah and the Whale by Macy's Mississippi River Showboat by Macy's The Snowman by Macy's The Lumbering Leviathan by Macy's Alice in Wonderland by Macy's Santa's Sleigh by Macy's
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The 22^nd Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade was held on November 25, 1948, in New York City starting at 10 a.m. EST. The lineup featured six giant helium balloons, 17 floats, nine bands, and the-one-and-only Santa Claus.

Parade Lineup

Listed below are the parade elements that appeared in the 1948 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. They are categorized by unit type, with their respective sponsors in bold. Home locations of talent ensembles are featured in brackets, and guest star’s float appearances are indicated in bold.

Bold denotes a new parade element, an underline indicates a unit that was brought back after an absence, and an asterisk (*) signifies an element that was retired after the 1948 Parade.

Balloons

• Monkey on the High Trapeze* (Macy's) - 1st time
• Pirate* (Macy's) - 2nd time
• Crocodile (Macy's) - 1st time
• Fireman* (Macy's) - 1st time
• Gnome (Macy's) - 2nd time
• Candy Cane* (Macy's) - 2nd time

Floats

• Turkey (Macy's) - 4th time
• Indian Head* (Macy's) - 4th time
• Popeye and Olive Oyl* (King Features Syndicate) - 2nd time
• Three Men In a Tub (Macy's) - 3rd time
• Jonah and the Whale (Macy's) - 1st time
• Mississippi River Showboat (Macy's) - 1st time
• The Snowman (Macy's) - 1st time
• Peter Rabbit (Macy's) - 2nd time
• The Lumbering Leviathan (Macy's) - 1st time
• Old Lady In a Shoe (Macy's) - 3rd time
• Hey Diddle Diddle (Macy's) - 3rd time
• The Tin Man* (Macy's) - 2nd time
• Alice in Wonderland* (Macy's) - 1st time
• Santa's Sleigh (Macy's) - 1st time

Specialty Units

• NYPD Mounted Unit - 22nd time

Marching Bands

• Ferko String Band (Philadelphia, PA)
• Hoboken Post 107 American Legion Drum and Fife Corps (Hoboken, NJ)

Guest Stars

• Buffalo Bob Smith & Howdy Doody (Candy Cane)

Incident

• One of the Monkey on the High Trapeze's legs was punctured before step-off.

Defect

• The ball of the Monkey on the High Trapeze was half deflated.