High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 6ABC - Dunkin` Donuts Thanksgiving Day Parade is an annual Thanksgiving Day Santa Claus parade held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, currently sponsored and aired by WPVI-TV. It is currently the oldest Thanksgiving parade in the country. It was formerly known as the 6abc IKEA Thanksgiving Day Parade, the 6abc Boscov`s Thanksgiving Day Parade, and originally the Gimbels Thanksgiving Day Parade until Gimbels department store closed operations in 1987.