Watch: Annual Macys 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 Macys 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 awardwinning journalism, photos, videos and VR. , Macys, Thanksgiving, Parade