The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is a long-standing holiday tradition ... Most traumatic, however, was the apparent demise of Barney. Like the Cat in the Hat, the purple dinosaur was the ...

Barney hit a lamppost ... or grounded entirely to prevent similar accidents. In the 2005 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, the M&M's-sponsored "Red and Yellow Brighten the Holidays" balloon caused ...