Ashley Anders, of Center City, can’t remember missing a Thanksgiving Day parade in her entire 49 years. She also can’t remember a Thanksgiving Day when it rained during the entire event. She’s attended when it has been 80 degrees and when it was freezing — but never when it was raining.

The rain couldn't damper the enthusiasm this morning at Philadelphia's Thanksgiving Day Parade. There were marching bands, giant balloons, and floats on the route from Center City up the Ben Franklin Parkway.