6abc Thanksgiving Day Parade

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 sponsered by WPVI (channel 6 for the Philadelphia area) and an additional sponser 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.

Appearances

6abc IKEA 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
• 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)
• 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)

Abby Cadabby walk-around at the 2008 6abc IKEA Thanksgiving Day Parade

Abby Cadabby walk-around at the 2008 6abc IKEA Thanksgiving Day Parade

Bear and Tutter balloons at the 2008 6abc IKEA Thanksgiving Day Parade

Big Bird balloon at the 2008 6abc IKEA Thanksgiving Day Parade

Elmo balloon at the 2008 6abc IKEA Thanksgiving Day Parade with a football and Frosty the Snowman balloon

Ernie walk-around at the 2008 6abc IKEA Thanksgiving Day Parade

Kermit the Frog balloon at the 2008 6abc IKEA Thanksgiving Day Parade

Kermit the Frog balloon at the 2008 6abc IKEA Thanksgiving Day Parade

Kermit the Frog balloon at the 2008 6abc IKEA Thanksgiving Day Parade

Kermit the Frog balloon

Bear and Tutter balloon

Red Fraggle balloon at the 2011 6abc Dunkin' Donuts Thanksgiving Day Parade

Apollo balloon at the 2011 6abc Dunkin' Donuts Thanksgiving Day Parade

External links

• Official website of the 2010 6abc IKEA Thanksgiving Day Parade at WPVI-TV via ABCLocal.com