There are a lot of options for avoiding your family on Thanksgiving. There's a plethora of football games, the National Dog Show, that Beyonce special and my personal favorite annual tradition... The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. I love the parade and the balloons (and even got to carry a few in the past), but still, the best part of this is getting out of the cooking duties. It's for everyone's benefit really. Oh, and I love seeing the news anchors freeze as they try and look positive while announcing the 500th marching band walking by, or making the latest Disney channel star sound like they are the hottest thing ever as we watch them lip-sync whatever their latest song is.