Of parades and pumpkin pie

    I have great childhood memories of watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade -- and every year I still watch it.

  It's mandatory, I tell my family, as I scoot back and forth between the kitchen and the den, where the TV is.

Now, there's a Web site that tells you all about it -- parade lineup, how the floats and balloons are made, regulations (parade-goers are asked to leave folding chairs at home!).

Check it all out at www.macysparade.com