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It's a colorful Easter Sunday tradition: It's a colorful Easter Sunday tradition:
thousands of
of
X
people gathered along
along
X
Fifth Avenue
thousands of people gathered
gathered
X
along Fifth Avenue
to
to
X
participate in
in
X
the famous Easter Bonnet festival
to participate in the famous Easter Bonnet festival
and, as
as
X
CBS2's Hannah Kliger reports,
and, as CBS2's Hannah Kliger reports,
some people spent months preparing their designs. some people spent
spent
X
months preparing their designs.
It was bright. It was bright.
"It took a while to put together "It took a while
took a while
X
to put together
because the flowers take a while to
to
X
.. uh.. you know.. fold"
because the flowers take a while to.. uh.. you know.. fold
fold
X
"
Bold. Bold
Bold
X
.
"So I'm a southern belle so Easter Sunday "So I'm a southern belle so Easter Sunday
is a big deal. So you know you see a lot of
of
X
hats.
is a big deal
a big deal
X
. So you know you see a lot of hats.
You see everyone dressed up
up
X
in
in
X
heels"
You see everyone dressed up
dressed up
X
in heels
heels
X
"
And beautiful. Everywhere you look. And beautiful. Everywhere you look.
"I have people handing me their children (Yeah right!) "I have people handing me
handing me
X
their children ( Yeah right
Yeah right
X
!)
their six-months old babies and holding... their six-months old babies and holding...
to
to
X
take a picture of
of
X
me with
with
X
their kids!"
to take a picture of me with their kids
kids
X
!"
Thousands of
of
X
costume celebrants paraded along
along
X
Fifth Avenue
Thousands of costume celebrants
celebrants
X
paraded along Fifth Avenue
as
as
X
locals and tourists stopped to capture the magic.
as locals and tourists stopped to capture
capture
X
the magic.
"Like a mother-daughter adventure. It's a beautiful parade. "Like a mother-daughter adventure. It's a beautiful parade
parade
X
.
I love the bonnets and the creativity." I love the bonnets
bonnets
X
and the creativity."
Inspired by
by
X
bunnies, butterflies and flowers, people
Inspired by bunnies
bunnies
X
, butterflies and flowers, people
and their furry friends showed off
off
X
their Sunday Easter best.
and their furry friends
furry friends
X
showed off their Sunday Easter best
Sunday Easter best
X
.
"I'm here with
with
X
Chihuahua nation and we dress up
up
X
our dogs
"I'm here with Chihuahua nation and we dress up our dogs
and just have a whole lot of
of
X
fun."
and just have a whole lot of fun."
'I made the headpiece and the peacock tail. 'I made the headpiece
headpiece
X
and the peacock tail.
I'm a fashion and costume designer." I'm a fashion and costume designer."
This is a New York City tradition This is a New York City tradition
that dates back to
to
X
the 1870s.
that dates back to the 1870s.
And some people put days of
of
X
work into
into
X
And some people put days of work into
making their costumes themselves making their costumes themselves
to
to
X
stand out in
in
X
a sea of
of
X
creativity.
to stand out
stand out
X
in a sea of creativity.
Some have been attending for
for
X
years.
Some have been attending for years.
"It took me 30 hours to do my headpiece. "It took me 30 hours to do my headpiece
headpiece
X
.
This is my 10th Easter Parade" This is my 10th Easter Parade"
"The first Easter I came with
with
X
Patricia dressed just neatly
"The first Easter I came with Patricia dressed just neatly
neatly
X
and we would come to photographers and we would come to photographers
and I would put my arm around
around
X
her
and I would put my arm around her
and they would all say 'No! No! You! Move to
to
X
the side!'
and they would all say 'No! No! You! Move to the side!'
So I learned quickly that I had to
to
X
up
up
X
my game
So I learned quickly that I had to up my game
up my game
X
which I think I have done this year." which I think I have done this year."
For others it's the first time. For others it's the first time.
"I never thought I'd wear a pink suit anywhere "I never thought I'd wear a pink suit anywhere
but
but
X
I wanted it! This is a perfect place to
to
X
use it."
but I wanted it! This is a perfect place to use it."
Spending hours at a time to
to
X
create a memorable work of
of
X
art
Spending hours at a time to create a memorable
memorable
X
work of art
and when asked why the answer is easy. and when asked why the answer is easy.
"We get to
to
X
be celebrities for
for
X
the day"
"We get to be celebrities for the day"
In midtown Manhattan, Hannah Klieger, CBS 2 News In midtown
midtown
X
Manhattan, Hannah Klieger, CBS 2 News

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