Happy Thanksgiving!

While most people are reveling in the three F's of this fabulous holiday -- family, food and football -- I turned my attention, as I do every year, to my favorite: the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, broadcast live from Manhattan from 9 a.m. to noon. (After that, it's time to rest up for dinner.)

This was the 82nd parade, which starts at 77th Street and Central Park West, makes its way down Broadway and finishes up at Herald Square, right in front of Macy's on 34th Street. My favorite parts are usually during the first hour, when there are musical numbers performed in front of Macy's before the parade finally reaches that spot. This year saw performances from "In the Heights," "The Little Mermaid, "South Pacific" and "White Christmas." Of course, the synchronized Radio City Rockettes kicked thing off for the parade portion of the telecast.

I didn't actually watch the whole thing, but I did see the M&Ms float, with Idina Menzel aboard. There were M&Ms dressed to represent the musicals "A Chorus Line," "Phantom of the Opera," "Spamalot" and "Wicked." The green one was made up to look like Elphaba. I loved this nod to Menzel, who won a Tony Award in 2004 for originating the role.

After I finished with the parade, I did laundry, took a nap and tossed a bunch of cut-up fruit into a bowl to bring to dinner. The dinner was delicious, and I am so thankfully full that I didn't even get up for dessert. Of course, there's always leftover fruit.