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For nearly 100 years, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade has been wrapping up around New York City and is the unofficial hitting of the holiday season. This year will mark the 92nd edition of the whimsical American tradition, and the program includes a number of country artists.

Here's everything you need to know before the annual parade.

How to watch: As in the past, the show will air on NBC from 9 am to noon in all time zones. A great musical number will begin broadcasting, with Today & # 39; hui Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb and Al Roker, hosts of the show, will comment on the events. Viewers on the go can also view the NBC's official website and the NBC app. For the third year in a row, NBC and Verizon have teamed up to showcase 360-degree video coverage on YouTube. CBS will also broadcast "parts" of the parade organized by Entertainment tonightKevin Frazier and Keltie Knight.

Who plays: This year, five country artists are part of the lineup: Martina McBride (on the Balsam Hill float, which includes a three-story Christmas tree), Sugarland (Ocean Spray), Carly Pearce (Green Giant), Kane Brown (Department South Dakota). Tourism) and Tegan Marie, 15, Girl Scout. They will be joined by more than a dozen artists of various genres, including Kelly Clarkson, John Legend, Ross Diana, Barenaked Ladies and Ashley Tisdale, not to mention Radio City Rockettes and Broadway. Naughty girls, My beautiful lady, Prom and Summer: Donna's Summer Musical.

New tanks? There are 31 floats in all and a few new ones. The Kinder Fantasy Chocolate Shop will appeal to gourmands, a huge elephant will encourage travelers to book a vacation at Kalahari Resorts and Conventions and the newly redesigned Tom Turkey will lead the range of tanks, among other new creations. Meanwhile, a classic river boat takes the term "float" in a different direction, King's Hawaiian unfolds a real waterfall and the Macy's Singing Christmas tree is composed of 100 harmonious employees.

What about balloons? Due to poor weather forecasts, it is likely that the famous parade balloons will not come off. With real temperatures expected to oscillate around zero and expected winds of 30 km / h, Charlie Brown, the Grinch, frozenOlaf, Pikachu, the Pillsbury Doughboy, Ronald McDonald and others may have to walk. But the parade has not been totally canceled since 1971, and if the organizers think they can protect the spectators and the crew, these balloons will take flight.

And if I'm really more Christmas? You're lucky. As always, Santa Claus will close the parade with a bow, signaling the start of the 2018 Christmas season on the very last float of the procession.