The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade balloons for 2019 have almost never flown
Huge character balloons became an integral part of Macy’s Thanksgiving parade in 1927, when silent cartoon cat Felix the Cat conquered the skies over New York’s west side for the first time. These days, floating replicas of everyone, from Snoopy to Goku to Pillsbury Doughboy, pop up between the poses and musical Broadway pop-ups. But…