Vote for your favorites in a bracket-style contest
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 […]
And the winner of Favorite Queen Song is: BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY! It had about 80% of the final vote. No real surprise here, but the journey was fun. Below are the top favorites based on your voting in our bracket, followed […]
We’re down to the top two favorites! We should call this the “We Are the Champions” round. 🙂 Will Bohemian Rhapsody be the ultimate favorite Queen song? Or will Somebody to Love reign as the champion? Vote now in the […]
There was an upset or two in the Elite Eight round. The biggest was Somebody to Love beating Under Pressure by TWO VOTES! I expected Under Pressure to be in the championship round, but it wasn’t to be. Also, Killer […]
Just two left in each division. And all of them were solid wins in the Sweet Sixteen. Vote now in the Elite Eight round! The deadline is Tuesday evening, November 2.
