Watch: Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade

In 1924, Macy’s held its first parade but instead of focusing on Thanksgiving it was called Macy’s Christmas Parade. The parade was held just by store employees and the hope was the celebration would influence customers to shop for the coming Christmas holiday. RELATED: 95th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade takes place in New York » Subscribe to USA TODAY: » Watch more on this and other topics from USA TODAY: » USA TODAY delivers current local and national news, sports, entertainment, finance, technology, and more through award-winning journalism, photos, videos and VR. #Macys #Thanksgiving #Parade