The first horror family to attend the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade may have been “The Munsters” back in 1964, but The Addams Family eventually caught up a few decades later.
It was in 1991 that the Charles Addams-created Addams Family debuted at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, taking over the short-lived “European Village” float in celebration of that year’s live action movie. Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, the live action movie had just arrived in theaters on November 22 of that year, a mere six days before the November 28, 1991 airing of the 65th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. And the cast of the film even showed up in full costume, including Christina Ricci (Wednesday), Jimmy Workman (Pugsley), Judith Malina (Grandmama), and Carel Struycken (Lurch), joined by Cousin Itt.
The Addams Family float at the 1991 parade was paired up with the Cultural Dance Ensemble of Camden High School in New Jersey, whose goal was to “promote understanding of different cultures through the universal language of dance and music.”
The reason we bring this up is because The Addams Family is returning to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade this week, with Netflix and Tim Burton’s spinoff television series “Wednesday” getting its own float for the first time ever! Netflix has previously paid for floats to promote The Christmas Chronicles and Leo, and this year is all about “Wednesday” starring Jenna Ortega. The hit horror series will debut its hotly anticipated second season next year.
IGN has shared a first-look sneak peek at this year’s “Wednesday” float today (below), giving us a glimpse at a massive depiction of Ortega’s Wednesday and the severed hand known as Thing! According to Fandom, the float is officially titled “Wednesday’s Feast.”
Fandom previews, “The float depicts Wednesday, who hates Thanksgiving and parades, celebrating the dreadful affair by doing something she loves—embarrassing her younger brother Pugsley. She serves his head on a literal platter, surrounded by a buffet of rotten fruit, putrid vegetables, and ominous insects.” Singer Bishop Briggs will be part of the new float.
Preview the “Wednesday” float at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade 2024 below!
This year’s parade airs Thursday, November 28 at 8:30am EST on NBC.
