Miss Piggy balloon in the 2007 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 as well as walk-around characters from Sesame Place.
Appearances[]
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 the Frog 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: Red Fraggle balloon introduced, Kermit the Frog balloon; walk-around characters from Sesame Place (Bert, Ernie, Elmo, Cookie Monster)
- 2012: Elmo balloon, Cookie Monster Balloon; walk-around characters from Sesame Place (Abby, Bert, The Count, Cookie Monster, Ernie, Elmo, Grover, Murray, Rosita)
- 2013: Walk-around characters from Sesame Place (Abby, Bert, The Count, Cookie Monster, Ernie, Elmo, Grover, Murray, Rosita)
- 2014: Walk-around characters from Sesame Place (Abby, Bert, The Count, Cookie Monster, Ernie, Elmo, Grover, Murray, Rosita)
- 2015: Red Fraggle balloon
- 2023: Red Fraggle and Gobo Fraggle balloons
External links[]
- Official website of the 2010 6abc IKEA Thanksgiving Day Parade at 6abc.com
- Official website of the 2011 6abc Dunkin' Donuts Thanksgiving Day Parade at 6abc.com
- Official website of the 2012 6abc Dunkin' Donuts Thanksgiving Day Parade at 6abc.com
- Official website of the 2013 6abc Dunkin' Donuts Thanksgiving Day Parade at 6abc.com
- Official website of the 2014 6abc Dunkin' Donuts Thanksgiving Day Parade at 6abc.com
- Official website of the 2015 6abc Dunkin' Donuts Thanksgiving Day Parade at 6abc.com