Holidays

We’re down to Kermit the Frog and Charlie Brown! Kermit beat Underdog by 5 votes and Charlie Brown had over 72% of the vote over Babar the Elephant. Vote now in the Final Round! The deadline is Tuesday evening, November […]

We’re down to four and they’re all iconic Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons! And all four won their matchups in the Elite Eight round rather soundly. The closest was Babar over Curious George by 6 votes. Vote now in the Final […]

Only 8 balloons left! And they’re all pretty iconic. And, no, I didn’t plan the Charlie Brown vs Snoopy matchup. It just happened. 🙂 And, yes, there were a few close votes in the Sweet 16: Bugs Bunny beat Garfield […]

We’re down to just 16 of these huge balloons, and I daresay they’re all familiar. We had a couple close matchups in Round Three: Ice Age’s Scrat beat Harold the Policeman by 3 votes Babar the Elephant beat Big Bird […]

We’re two rounds in and there are still some old characters in the running! Hobo Clown, Harold the Policeman, Freida the Dachshund, and the Goldfish have all done well. The Gorgeous Gobbler is old, too, but since it’s a Thanksgiving […]

Round Two is the size of a regular bracket, since we started with a double. 64 balloons remain. I’m glad to see some of the old ones remaining, and not just because they were matched up with other old ones. […]

Macy’s has been hosting Thanksgiving Day Parades since 1924 and balloons were introduced in 1928. Most of the balloons are either novelty or character balloons. The most widely known type of balloon is the full-size balloon class, the majority of […]