Jennifer Hudson, Idina Menzel and Kylie Minogue were among those who performed at this year's edition of the Turkey Day spectacle.

Ponchos and umbrellas added to the atmosphere at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade as a steady rain-soaked Midtown Manhattan. But for the three million people estimated to have lined the two-and-a-half mile route,

The rain isn't stopping anything — the parade has only been canceled three times, from 1942 to 1944 during World War II.