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Special Events Chinese New Year (new lunar year celebrations), Feb 5, Chinatown St Patrick's Day Parade (Irish-American parade), 17 Mar, Fifth Avenue Annual Lesbian and Gay Pride March (street march, ending in street festival and dance party), 27 Jun, upper Fifth Avenue to the Village Fourth of July (annual firework display in celebration of American Independence), 4 Jul, over the East River Feast of San Gennaro (extravaganza of eating, drinking and merry-making), one week mid-Sep, Little Italy Greenwich Village Hallowe'en Parade (exuberant fancy dress procession), 30 Oct, along Sixth Avenue New York City Marathon, 5 Nov Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (New York institution featuring huge hot-air balloons in the shape of cartoon characters, such as Snoopy, the Pink Panther and Betty Boop), 30 Nov New Year's Eve celebrations (a lighted ball is dropped to herald the New Year), Times Square, 31 Dec |
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