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A Thanksgiving eve tradition: Blowing up parade balloons

It’s the day before Thanksgiving and the 99th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. Preparations are underway on New York’s Upper West Side, where the floats are lining up, and the iconic balloons are being inflated.

Here & Now’s Deb Becker talks with Nia Clark, a reporter for Spectrum News NY1, who is on the scene with the latest.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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