Will Astronaut Snoopy be grounded?

Due to predicted high winds in New York, parade organizers are waiting until tomorrow morning to decide whether the new Astronaut Snoopy balloon, as well as all the other balloons, will take part in Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade.

It would be a shame to waste a good balloon. If they can’t take it out for a walk on Thanksgiving, they should just take it out into the streets of Manhattan whenever they can. Maybe enter it in the New York Marathon.

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Free comics and freaky musicals

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The War on Snoopy

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