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Happy Dragon is a classic Macy's character, and appears as a balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Happy Dragon first appeared as a giant balloon in 1960, and seemed to begin a tradition of balloons in that period becoming long-lasting classics. After appearing for some twenty years, he retired in 1981.

He returned a decade later in 1991 with other balloons that were previously retired, such as Linus the Lionhearted and Raggedy Ann, to celebrate the parades 65th anniversary. Unlike them, he also appeared again in 1992, and retired again after that year.

This original Happy Dragon still exists in the parade studio, and is currently the oldest existing balloon.

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