The annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City uses roughly 400,000 cubic feet of helium gas in total to inflate its iconic giant balloons.

Helium is what keeps these balloons aloft -- approximately 300,000 cubic feet (8,495 cubic meters) of helium, Live Science previously reported, which is roughly the same volume as three-and-a-half ...

Balloons like the massive ones that adorn the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade every year may be one of the most well-known uses of helium, but they’re far from the only one.

This year's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade features 15 giant balloons which, in total, require a whopping 300,000 cubic feet of helium to stay afloat. That's roughly the same volume as 2.2 million ...

Workers prepared the giant helium balloon characters ahead of the annual holiday parade. Well, today we are inflating all of the balloons for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

The massive helium balloons that will float through New York City for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade took shape on Wednesday, when they were filled with helium ahead of the big event.

Macy's Thanksgiving parade, with it's giant, floating balloons, beckons the question: With the nation's helium supply so low, why are we wasting it like this?

SPRINGFIELD — Deflating news: Springfield’s Parade of the Big Balloons is canceled again for 2023 as the world faces a continuing helium shortage. “We are investigating future options with a ...

SPRINGFIELD — Organizers of the city’s annual Parade of Big Balloons were hoping to lift off this November after being canceled the last two years, but a worldwide shortage of helium is ...

A holiday tradition in Springfield, Massachusetts for more than three decades was in danger of being canceled. But, the show will go on. The Parade of the Big Balloons will step off down Main ...

Bad weather prevented bands and big balloons from being in the 2022 holiday parade. But they'll be back for next weekend's event.

The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade happening today in New York City is, like the holiday itself, a time honored American tradition. And with just over 60 balloons in its parade, Macy’s is also ...