Watching New York’s Thanksgiving Day parade is as much of a Thanksgiving tradition as turkey and pumpkin pie. Here’s how you can stream the parade, and others, this holiday.

A century after the first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, the annual holiday tradition kicks off Thursday in New York City with new Spider-Man and Minnie Mouse balloons, zoo and pasta-themed floats, performances from Jennifer Hudson and Idina Menzel,

Sarah Maslin Nir has covered the annual event in New York City through freezing temperatures, gusting winds and always crowded sidewalks.