USA: NEW YORK: MACY’S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE UPDATE

English/Nat More than two (m) million people have turned to watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving parade on the streets of New York City. The annual event has become part of American folklore and marks the start of the Christmas shopping season in the `Big Apple’. The 69th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving day parade kicked off with its usual mixture of bands, floats and entertainers in New York City on Thursday. And, as ever, it was the giant balloons that took pride of place. This year’s parade was high