Last year, on
February 12th 2016, my post here on Blogger featured the very same photograph seen here (above), atop
that particular entry. The image is of a
Macy's Ballon rendered in the likeness of
Charlie Brown for one of The Macy's
Thanksgiving Day Parades. On last year's blog post, this image was followed by pictures of other balloons featured in
Macy's Parades. The ones I am referring to were designed in the likeness of
Snoopy and
Woodstock. And in that entry I stated:
"The pictures posted atop today's entry, February the 12th of 2016 are in honor of Charles Schultz who lived on this earth between the years 11/26/1922—2/12/2000, but, to this day, lives on in the hearts and minds of countless people."
A year has passed since the aforementioned blog post; and the legacy of Schultz, as well as the cast of characters he created, continue to inspire and delight innumerable people! Moreover, the ballon rendered to look like Charlie Brown recently got a make-over; and, it was the leader in this past Macy's Thanksgiving Parade! The following pictures feature Charlie Brown's new "balloon look."
As you can see, he now carries his beloved kite. Charlie Brown's efforts to fly a kite were so heart wrenching! This is a topic, I covered in a post on
Go Fly a Kite Day, which was February the eighth.
Be that as it may, in terms of Charlie Brown's latest role in The Macy's Parade, he came close to side-swiping a lamp post (as seen below).
Now that's what I call a Good Grief moment! However, Charlie Brown did not give into his usual rhetoric of putting himself down! Instead he joked about giving those whom he was leading down the parade's route, a green light!
It was great to see him persevering in his role of parade leader. Often Snoopy and Woodstock bring up the rear when participating in the parade, but at this past November's event, they were no where in sight!
