A test run for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade was under way at the Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, N.J. Saturday.

Hundreds of volunteers gathered in a parking lot to practice handling one of the five new balloons at the parade.
People at the Saturday rehearsal got to see the new look for the parade’s oldest star – Charles M’ Schulz’s Snoopy. Designers have created a new Snoopy balloon featuring Woodstock riding on Snoopy’s head.
Also making their debut this year are Finn and Jake of “Adventure Time” fame, “SpongeBob SquarePants,” and Toothless from “How to Train Your Dragon.”