0 Talk

6abc Thanksgiving Day Parade

The 6abc Thanksgiving Day Parade is an annual parade held every Thanksgiving Day in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania since 1920. It is currently sponsored by and aired on ABC's affiliated Pennsylvanian television station, WPVI-TV.

The oldest Thanksgiving parade in the country, it was originally known as the Gimbels Thanksgiving Day Parade until the department store's closure in 1987. Since then the parade has been sponsored by WPVI (channel 6 for the Philadelphia area) and an additional sponsor which has included Dunkin' Donuts, IKEA and Boscov's.

The parade features balloons from Fabulous Inflatables parade balloons as well as walk-around characters from Sesame Place.

AppearancesEdit

6abc Boscov's Thanksgiving Day Parade era:

2004: Cookie Monster balloon introduced
2005: Oscar the Grouch and Kermit the Frog balloons introduced
2006: Bear and Tutter, and Big Bird balloons introduced
2007: Miss Piggy balloon introduced

6abc IKEA Thanksgiving Day Parade era:

2008: Elmo balloon introduced, Big Bird balloon, Bear with Tutter, Kermit the Frog balloon
2008: Walk-around character cast of Sesame Street
2009: Super Grover balloon introduced, Bear with Tutter balloon, Kermit balloon, Elmo balloon
2010: Elmo balloon, Big Bird balloon; walk-around characters from Sesame Place (Abby, Elmo, Zoe, Prairie Dawn, Ernie, Grover, Bert, Cookie Monster, The Count, Telly)

6abc Dunkin' Donuts Thanksgiving Day Parade era:

2011: Kermit the Frog balloon, Red Fraggle balloon, Apollo from Pajanimals balloon, Buddy from Dinosaur Train balloon; walk-around characters from Sesame Place (Bert, Ernie, Elmo, Cookie Monster)