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The 25th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1951) | The 26th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1952) | The 27th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1953) | 
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The 26th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade was held on November 27, 1952, in New York City.
Parade Lineup[]
Listed below are the various Parade units that appeared in the 1952 line of march. Each unit is listed in several categories and sub-categories, in addition to the unit's sponsor.
Terms for Parade unit status: Bold indicates a new Parade unit, Underline indicates a unit that was brought back after an absence, Italics indicates a removed Parade unit, and * indicates a retired Parade unit.
Balloons[]
- Mighty Mouse (Terrytoons) - 2nd time
- Crocodile (Macy's) - 5th time
- Spaceman (Macy's) - 1st time
- Rainbow Trout* (Macy's) - 3rd time
- Teddy Bear* (Macy's) - 3rd time
Floats[]
- American Eagle (Macy's) - 5th time
- Casey Jones Express (Macy's) - 2nd time
- Carnival* (Macy's) - 2nd time
- Mississippi River Showboat* (Macy's) - 3rd time
- Chiquita Banana's Tropical Garden* (Chiquita) - 1st time
- Noah's Ark* (Macy's) - 1st time
- Sonny the Bunny* (Macy's) - 3rd time
- The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.* (Columbia Pictures) - 1st time
- Circus* (Macy's) - 4th time
- Cinderella* (Macy's) - 1st time
- Space Ship* (Macy's) - 1st time
- Jack the Giant Killer* (Macy's) - 2nd time
- Betsy McCall* (McCall's Magazine) - 1st time
- Santa's Sleigh* (Macy's) - 5th time
Specialty Units[]
- NYPD Mounted Unit - 26th time
Marching Bands[]
- Hawthorne Caballeros Drum and Bugle Corps (Hawthorne, NJ)
- Sewanhaka High School Marching Band (Floral Park, NY), performed "Buckle Down Winsocki"
- Ferko String Band (Philadelphia, PA)
Guest Stars[]
- Garry Moore (Host)
- Jackie Gleason (American Eagle)
- Jack Sterling from CBS's "Big Top" (Carnival)
- Bozo & Lassy (Carnival)
- The Southern Bells & Beaus (Mississippi River Showboat)
- Jock Mahoney as "The Range Rider"
- Aunt Matilda and Uncle Hirman
- Sam Levenson
- John Reed King
- Robert Trout
- Eddie Albert
- Toni Campbell
- Robin Morgan as "Dagmar" from CBS's "Mama"
- Fletcher Markle
- Mercedes McCambridge
- Santa Claus (Santa's Sleigh)
Incident[]
- The Crocodile's right arm was punctured.