Meet NYCs hardest workers on Thanksgiving like the Macys parade costume queen, whose day begins at 230 AM
News Source : New York Post
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- Kimberly Montgomery is the costume director for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
- She wakes up at 2.30 a.m. to oversee the dressing of 4,000 parade participants.
- The 64-year-old is a seasoned pro, having worked the parade every year since 2000.
- Montgomery says she and her team are “riding a wave of energy that we have to sort of keep a lid on with all of our organization’“We have 2,000 balloon handlers, 750 clowns, about 300 float escorts, about 100 costumed characters, 300 children, 500 people in officials’ jackets, and the dance teams,” Montgomery told The Post ahead of the 2025 extravaganza.
For most New Yorkers, Thanksgiving is a day of celebration, a day to spend time with family and, perhaps most importantly a day off of work. For others, however, this is the busiest day of their [+18319 chars]
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