
The annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City, the world's largest parade, is presented by the U.S. based department store chain Macy's. It started in 1924 as the Macy's Christmas Parade, tying it for the second-oldest Thanksgiving parade in the United States with America's Thanksgiving Parade in Detroit (with both being four years younger than Philadelphia's Thanksgiving Day Parade). It is held in Manhattan, ending outside Macy's in Herald Square, and takes place from 9am to 12pm Eastern Standard Time on Thanksgiving Day, and has been televised nationally on NBC since 1953. Employees at Macy's department stores have the option of marching in it. Santa Claus appears at the end of the parade every year.
The following is a list of characters featured in Christmas specials (and who actually have their own articles on this wiki) who have appeared in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in some form, listed in alphabetical order.
- As balloons and/or falloons
- Baby Shark
- Bart Simpson
- Beethoven the Dog
- The Big Bad Wolf
- Bluey Heeler
- Boss Baby
- Branch
- Buzz Lightyear
- Chase
- Dora Márquez
- Finn the Human
- Gary the Snail
- Greg Heffley
- Hello Kitty
- Horace Horsecollar
- Humpty Dumpty
- Jake the Dog
- JoJo Tickle
- Little Bill
- Marshall
- Olaf
- Po
- Poppy
- Red from Angry Birds
- The Red Power Ranger
- Rudolph
- Scrat
- Shrek
- Spike
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Superman
- Thomas the Tank Engine
- Toothless
- Woodstock
- As walk-around costumed characters and/or puppets
- ALF (appeared as a guest host in 1989)
- Alice
- Alvin Seville
- Archie Andrews
- Astro
- Babs Bunny
- Baby Bop
- Baloo
- Barney Rubble
- Betty Rubble
- BJ
- Brainy Smurf
- Brother Bear
- Buster Bunny
- Captain America
- Captain Hook
- Casper the Friendly Ghost
- Chip 'n' Dale
- Cinderella
- Cookie Monster
- Count Duckula
- Count von Count
- Cinderella
- Daffy Duck
- Danger Mouse
- Darth Vader
- Dennis Mitchell
- Donatello
- Dorothy Gale
- Dorothy the Dinosaur
- Doug Funnie
- Eeyore
- Elmo
- Emily Elizabeth Howard
- Ernie and Bert
- Fred Flintstone
- George Jetson
- Gumby
- Heathcliff
- Henry the Octopus
- Huckleberry Hound
- King Louie
- Leonardo
- Linus van Pelt
- Lucy van Pelt
- Mama Bear
- Michelangelo
- Miss Piggy
- Mr. Magoo
- Odie
- Pac-Man
- Papa Bear
- Peter Pan
- Plucky Duck
- Porky Pig
- Prince Charming
- Princess Aurora
- Quick Draw McGraw
- Raphael
- Scrappy-Doo
- The Seven Dwarfs
- Sister Bear
- Smurfette
- Snow White
- Speedy Gonzales
- Stimpy J. Cat
- Sylvester
- Tasmanian Devil
- The Three Little Pigs
- Tiana
- Tigger
- Tom and Jerry
- Tweety
- Wags the Dog
- Wilma Flintstone
- Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner
- The Wiggles
- Winnie the Pooh
- Wolverine
- Yosemite Sam
- As more than one of the above
- Abby Cadabby
- Arthur Read
- Babar the Elephant
- Barney the Dinosaur
- Big Bird
- Blue (Blue's Clues)
- Bugs Bunny
- The Cat in the Hat
- Charlie Brown
- Chuckie Finster
- Clifford
- Clumsy Smurf
- Curious George
- Dexter
- Donald Duck
- The Elf on the Shelf
- Felix the Cat
- Garfield
- Goofy
- The Grinch
- Grover
- Jimmy Neutron
- Kermit the Frog
- Mickey Mouse
- Minnie Mouse
- Mr. Potato Head
- Olive Oyl
- Paddington Bear
- Papa Smurf
- Peter Rabbit
- Pikachu
- The Pink Panther
- Pinocchio
- Pluto
- Popeye
- Raggedy Ann
- Scooby-Doo
- Snoopy
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Spider-Man
- Tommy Pickles
- Woody Woodpecker
- Yogi Bear