The Thanksgiving Day holiday traditionally brings with it parades and balloons — really big balloons that scrape the skyline in cities like New York or Detroit. Someone has to keep those helium-filled ...

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - An Argyle woman crossed another item off her bucket list Thursday morning, being a balloon handler at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City. Linda Gavigan was one ...

PEOPLE spoke with two former volunteers, who shared behind-the-scenes details about the festive tradition Every Thanksgiving, as families across the United States are lazily tuning into the Macy’s ...

Simonette says, though she felt prepared as a balloon handler, balloon handler training doesn’t include navigating around trees and other city infrastructure For nearly a century, the streets and ...

New York looked different at 5:30 in the morning. The sky was just starting to lift, the streets were quiet in a way the city rarely allows, and everything felt tinged with my favorite ...

“It’s amazing because she doesn’t get to go do other things most kids do, so we’re so happy that the community has come ...

Every Thanksgiving, as families across the United States are lazily tuning into the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade from their living rooms, there are thousands of volunteers who have been awake for ...