A few years ago, I thought I had hit the Thanksgiving jackpot when a family member scored VIP grandstand seats to see the Macy’s M Thanksgiving Day parade and invited me to tag along for the big New York event. This had been a childhood dream of mine: Nothing was now going to stand between me and all those marching bands, Broadway stars and, of course, oversized balloons.
Except for the fact it was zero degrees outside.
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