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The 6th Annual Macy's Christmas Parade was held on November 28, 1929, in New York City.
Parade Lineup[]
Bold indicates a new Parade unit and * means a retired unit and strikethrough means that Parade unit was removed from the Parade.
Balloons[]
- Horse and Rider* (Macy's) - 1st time
Lap Dog* (Macy's) - 1st time- The Katzenjammer Kids (King Features) - 1st time
- The Turk* (Macy's) - 1st time
- The Inspector* (King Features) - 1st time
Gobble the Turkey* (Macy's) - 1st time- Old Man Dragon* (Macy's) - 1st time
Floats[]
- Santa's Sleigh* (Macy's) - 1st time
Specialty Units[]
- NYPD Mounted Unit - 6th time
Incidents and accidents[]
- The Lap Dog balloon tore loose from the leash near 90th Street. It was deflated and removed from the parade.
- The Gobble the Turkey balloon hit a No Parking sign at 58th Street and 6th Avenue. Like with the Lap Dog, it was deflated and removed from the parade.
- At one point. Old Man Dragon got tangled up at Times Square, but thankfully it got untangled.
The Inspector having troubles.
Trivia[]
- Some of the balloons started slowly deflating halfway through the route, but still made it to the end.
- The balloons had to get their legs cut off before they were released.
- Old Man Dragon was the first balloon to break the record as the longest balloon in the parade's history with it's length being 178 feet long.