Happy Thanksgiving!

Here is the turkey edition of AJ highlights: First, ever wondered what it takes to wrangle a giant balloon down Broadway on turkey day? Slate MSN floats a revealing, windblown dispatch from inside the Macy’s Parade (Slate MSN). Politics and the arts intersect, as ARTnews previews Mayor-elect Mamdani’s star-studded committee imagining a new direction for New York City’s cultural policy (ARTnews), and Texas Monthly investigates a literal rewrite of Alamo history (Texas Monthly).O