Macey's Day

I have fond memories of Thanksgiving as a kid. We would watch the Macey's Day parade every year. I was showing the kids reruns of the old shows on You tube when Izzy says "What is Macey's Day?"

I sat there in silence.

"Izzy I have no idea?"

I then gave her this explanation.

"Izzy, many years ago, Columbus and his brother Macey set out to find the new world. They were very competitive. After many months of sailing they got in a fight and split up. Macey bought a new ship, it was much nicer than his brother's, I think it was pink. Columbus landed on Plymouth Rock because he was stupid. Macey landed in New York City with his pink ship and started a store. He then sewed together the first giant balloon, tied some baling twine on it, and filled it with hot air. He got some locals to have a parade in his honor. It just happened to be about the time his stupid brother was having Thanksgiving, half starving to death with a bunch of crazy Indians.

Every year he would have a parade to honor landing in New York and as the parades got bigger they had to hire movie stars to sit in fancy cars and be on TV to show you the parades.

"Wow Mommy, you are so smart".

Talk later,

Annie