Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Workers inflate the Ronald McDonald Balloon during a test flight in November 2000, at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, New Jersey in preparation for the 74th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on November 23, 2000. Ronald McDonald himself made his first-ever national television appearance during the 1966 telecast of the Parade. During this year’s Parade, Ronald accompanied his balloon riding in his distinctively shaped Big Red Shoe car. (Photo credit STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)