The 29th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade was held on November 24th, 1955, in New York City and shown to viewers live on NBC that same day from 10 AM to 11 EST. The lineup featured 4 giant character balloons, floats, more than 700 clowns, marching bands, a host of musical stars, and the one and-only Santa Claus.
Listed below are the elements that appeared in the 1955 Macy's Parade, in order of appearance.
Bold indicates a new Parade element, an underline indicates an element that was brought back after an absence, and * indicates an element retired after the procession.
Parade Lineup[]
"For the Joy of Children Everywhere" Banner
Bergenfield High School Marching Band
Car (Clarabell the Clown, Chief Thunderthud, and Corny Cobb)
Circus by Macy's (The Polack Bros. Circus and Zippy the Chimp)
Humpty Dumpty* by Macy's
String Band
Space Ship* by UPA (Mr. Magoo and Gerald McBoing-Boing)
Marching Band
Elsie Jumps Over the moon* by Borden
101st Cavalry Fighting Blue Devils Wagon (Rin Tin Tin, James brown, Lee Aaker, and Lee Duncan)
Queen of the Flower Show* by Macy's
String Band
Birthday in Tootsie Land* by Sweets Company of America, Inc. (Pinky Lee)
Marching Band
The Littlest Snowman* by Macy's (George Joseph and Sara Jo Bolt)
Marching Bnad
Valentine* by Macy's (Danny and Dena Kaye)
Audubon Bon Bons
Float
Freeport High School Band
Dachshund* by Macy's
String Band
Capt Kidd and José Gaspar Pirate Ships*
Clowns
Toyland Express* by the Toy Guidance Council
Marching Band
Here Comes Santa Claus by Macy's (Santa Claus)
See also[]
- The 29th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
- The 29th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade/Gallery