每日一看---
今天來看看美國感恩節的特別遊行吧!美國著名的梅西百貨公司,每年感恩節都會舉辦一場遊行,以大型的造型氣球為主。
To Do Thursday: I Love a Parade
By Daniel D'Addario 11/22 8:00am
The era of the department store may be
nearing its end, thanks to the rise of online commerce, but let’s focus on what
they can fly overhead one day a year, not their high overhead on the other 364. Macy’s, per Thanksgiving tradition, celebrates the
holiday with balloons of Hello Kitty, SpongeBob SquarePants and Spider-Man, as
well as parade floats that alternate between popular
culture (the Smurfs at home in their mushroom) and patriotism (the Statue of
Liberty). As ever, the parade ends with Santa Claus, heralding the beginning of
the Christmas season. And here we haven’t even started thinking about what we
want to receive—or, we suppose, give.
網路購物的興起,也許挫著了百貨公司的盛氣,但讓我們來看看365天中,他們唯一能在上頭飛的一天吧!這種情形可不是其他364天見得到的。梅西百貨公司(Macy’s,美國第一大連鎖百貨公司,旗艦店位於紐約海諾德廣場(Herald Square),1924年開幕時被譽為”世界最大的商店”)每逢感恩節都會以大型的造型氣球遊行來慶祝,比如Hello Kitty、海綿寶寶和蜘蛛人等,以及囊括各個文化特色、樣式多變的彩車遊行(像是法國故事中,住在磨菇裡的小藍精靈;或是代表美國的自由女神像)。一如往常,這項遊行由聖誕老人壓軸,揭示聖誕節的到來。但我們還沒有點子想收到怎樣的禮物呢---或是,該送什麼樣的禮物。
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