What is a ticker tape parade?

Answer by  diamond10 (160)

A ticker tape parade is a celebration that takes place in a downtown setting. Originally, shreds of paper from 'ticker tape' machines were thrown out of office buildings onto the parade route. The first such parade was held in New York in 1886 to celebrate the dedication of the Statue of Liberty.

Answer by  Ginny (2251)

It is a parade held in the downtown area of a city, usually on a street lined with office buildings, from which huge amounts of bits of paper are thrown out of windows making a snowstorm effect. Originally the paper was ticker tape that came from stock market quote machines.

Answer by  avalanchebad (164)

It's any type of parade where confetti-like paper is raining down from the sky. If you watch old footage of soldiers returning home from World War II, you'll see shredded paper raining down from the skyscrapers. Back then, the paper was mainly "ticker-tape" from the ticker-tape machines they used to keep track of stocks on.

Answer by  joantheresa (1421)

A ticker tape parade consists of a parade where lots and lots of torn ticker tape is thrown out of windows of high rise buildings, usually in New York City.