The Thanksgiving Day Parade has made it way down, with better weather (less windy, barely wet) than expected. For those of you who stayed out in the 40 degree weather, we that hope you warm up soon - and that you brought your camera so we can see pictures of the celebrating on Flickr. And tell us if you had a good time. Now, it's on to the eating!
Some other related stories: Macy's gives more details about its balloon handlers' training, while some charities have said that Hurricane Katrina has caused a decrease in donations they usually receive for Thanksgiving. Gothamist believes that this is a good time to donate to your choice of cause; one charity we support is the NY TImes' Neediest Cases, which helps out people via a couple social services, and others are Heifer International, Oxfam, and Doctors Without Borders.





Sadly 2 children were injured at Times Square when wind gusts forced the M&M's balloon into a light post; the head of the light post came down and injured 2 children, not critically.
WCBS had coverage while NBC barely mentioned it.
The police wisely took down 2 other posts in the area for safety and they took the M&M's balloon to a side street to be put to sleep---I mean deflated...
Sad-let's hope those 2 kids are doing well and that they won't fear M&M's in the future.