The Pikachu balloon floats down Broadway during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade in New York on Thursday. Photo Jeff Christensen/AP.
The Paddington Bear helium balloon sails towards the elevated tracks as a train passes by inside Chicago's famed Loop during the Thanksgiving Day Parade in Chicago on Thursday. Photo Charles Rex Arbogast/AP.
The Dora The Explorer float moves through Columbus Circle during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Photo Frank Franklin II/AP.
The Garfield the Cat helium balloon appears to be peering at a Chicago Transit Authority worker on the elevated tracks during the Thanksgiving Day Parade in Chicago, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008. Photo Charles Rex Arbogast/AP.
The Shrek balloon floats down Broadway in New York. Photo Jeff Christensen/AP.
The Energizer Bunny float moves through Columbus Circle during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Photo Frank Franklin II/AP.
The SpongeBob SquarePants float moves through Times Square during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Photo Frank Franklin II/AP.
The Buzz Lightyear float moves through Columbus Circle during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Photo Frank Franklin II/AP.
Workers prepare Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who balloon for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade. Photo Stephen Chernin/AP.
The Super Grover helium balloon rises out from under the elevated tracks during the Thanksgiving Day Parade in Chicago. Photo Charles Rex Arbogast/AP.
