Here's a sneak peek of the new floats in the Macy's Day Parade
One of Thanksgiving's biggest traditions will air next week: the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Viewers can expect to see a few new floats making their way through the streets of New York City.
"What we're trying to do is make the parade bigger and better than ever each year," Brendan Kennedy, director of creative production for Macy's Studios, during a behind-the-scenes tour.
At least seven of more than 20 floats in this year's parade will be new, including one that's dedicated to the popular Wednesday Adams character, and took more than 100 hours to produce.
Kennedy explained that the elaborately detailed float is inspired by Wednesday Adams pulling a joke on her brother, Pugsley, and sending him down the route on a sheet pan of rotten vegetables.
Another float will feature Minnie Mouse dancing atop a float made to look like a Disney Cruise Line ship. On the Bronx Zoo's float, every animal included is designed to be life-size, and while a Rao's pasta sauce-themed float features a fire-breathing dragon made of lasagna and macaroni, riding on a rigatoni pony.
Engineers and carpenters have spent months preparing the floats for their big moment on Thanksgiving Day.
"We're looking to tell a fun, family-friendly, festive story easily and quickly because we only have a few moments, you know, they're shuffling down the road," Kennedy said.
The floats featured in every year's parade are so intricately detailed that crews have already begun work on the floats that will be included in next year's parade.