Live spectators at Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade wish they’d just stayed home

Some determined Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade fans thought they could avoid the throngs of spectators this year, but were left bitterly disappointed — and wish they just stayed at home.

Even though the event was supposed to be TV-only due to COVID-19, a small crowd of would-be revelers braved the drizzle and an air-tight ring of NYPD barricades to try to watch the 94th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in person Thursday — but say they made a huge mistake.

“It would have been better off watching this on TV,” complained one of the few live spectators, Julia Korzah, 34, who lives in the Herald Square area.

“All I can see is the top of the Empire State building,” she griped as she stood behind a metal barricade with her boyfriend at the corner of 34th Street and Eighth Avenue.

Last year, more than 3.5 million eager parade-watchers lined the 2.5-mile route from the Upper West Side to Herald Square.

But to keep people safe amid the pandemic, this year’s parade was a deeply compressed made-for-TV live event — stretching just one block, in front of the iconic department store’s Herald Square headquarters.
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