Frozen’s Olaf is latest balloon in Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

The snowman who likes warm hugs – yes, Olaf – will be soaring above New York City this year as part of the 91st  annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

The “Frozen” star is getting the call to be one of the four new giant character balloons, USA Today reports.

“Having an Olaf balloon alongside Mickey, Elmo and Big Bird is a dream come true and something that, because (the parade’s) so storied and has such a long tradition, I now get to share with my own kids,” Gad told the newspaper.

Olaf joins a long list of Disney characters which have taken to the skies in during the parade.

A group of Disney balloons debuted in the 1934 parade with a 40-foot tall Mickey Mouse followed by a smaller Pluto balloon, a 34-foot-tall Big Bad Wolf, a 31-foot-tall Little Pig, and a 12 ½-foot-tall Horace Horsecollar.

Over the years more Disney, Pixar, Marvel and Muppet characters have appeared in the parade.

And in 1992 a  Kermit, the Frog, Betty Boop, Santa Goofy and Humpty Dumpty balloons were on display on the old New York Street backlot at Hollywood Studios, which at the time was called Disney-MGM Studios at Disney World.

The parade will be broadcast Thanksgiving Day on NBC at 9 a.m. ET/PT

Here is when all of the Disney, Pixar, Marvel and Muppet characters debuted in the parade:

1934: Mickey Mouse
1935: Donald Duck
1939: Pinocchio
1962: Second version of Donald Duck.
1972: Second version of Mickey Mouse
1977: Kermit The Frog
1987: Spider-Man
1992: Santa Goofy
2000: Bandleader Mickey Mouse
2002: Second version of Kermit The Frog
2008: Buzz Lightyear
2009: Sailor Mickey Mouse, Second version of Spider-Man