The famous Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City has dazzled countless people for nearly a century, and despite the threat of a winter storm in the Northeast on Thursday, preparations are well underway to continue the holiday tradition again this year.

While it will likely be a wet one, beloved mainstay balloons like Snoopy and Pikachu — and newcomers like Minnie Mouse, Gabby from “Gabby’s Dollhouse” and Spider-Man — should be just fine to fly given the current forecast.

The very first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade took place on November 27, 1924 and it originally had a different name. For its first three years, the annual event used to be know

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Forecasters say the rain could begin as early as Wednesday night or slightly before daybreak and carry on into the morning Thursday, conditions that could also spell difficulty on the roads and at airports on the big travel holiday. Thursday's high temperature is expected to peak at about 50 degrees.