The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, an annual event enjoyed by thousands across the nation, is still set to take place this year in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
COVID-19 has led to the cancellation of many large-scale events with high numbers of expected attendees. Event organizers have had to strategize and reorganize with health and safety guidelines as top priorities.
Those in charge of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade announced that they’ll adjust and host the parade but haven’t yet provided explicit details about how the event will look.
“We are currently working with our partners in the city of New York to re-imagine the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in a similar fashion to how we successfully and safely produced this year’s Macy’s Fireworks,” Orlando Veras, Macy’s director of national media relations said in a statement.
For its Fourth of July event, Macy’s hosted multiple 5-minute fireworks displays in each of New York’s boroughs over the course of a week to discourage large crowd gatherings.
At a press conference Thursday, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said “everything is going to be different” when asked about how the city would handle holiday celebrations this year.
“Some is going to be virtual. There might be some small in-person pieces, spread out pieces. It’s not going to look at all of course like how we are used to,” he said. “But the important thing is, the traditions will be kept in some way.”
Veras said more details about the parade will be announced in early fall, CNN reported.
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