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Blue’s Clues & You! host Josh Dela Cruz and the former hosts of Blue’s Clues Steve Burns and Donovan Patton

Some special guests were riding on theBlue’s Cluesfloat this year at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade!

Steve Burns (Steve), Donovan Patton (Joe) and Joshua Dela Cruz (Josh) appeared together on Thursday underneath theBlue’s Clue’sballoon, which has been featured at the annual event since 1999, according to parade hostSavannah Guthrie.

During the parade, the trio did a joint performance of the song “You Can’t Spell Blue Without You,” which thanks fans for their support over the show’s 25-year history.

After the performance, Nickelodeontweeted out a videoof the trio grinning ear-to-ear while riding along the parade route.

In the clip, Dela Cruz, 32, says, “Welcome to the Thanksgiving Day Parade!” as he pans over to a smiling Patton, 43, and Burns, 47.

“Loved seeing all our #BluesCluesAndYou fam together at the #MacysParade 💙🐾 Anyone else suddenly getting really emotional? 😭 ,” Nickelodeon captioned the post.

Burns, Patton and Dela Cruzpreviously unitedto watch their respective first episodes as hosts ofBlue’s Cluesas Nick Jr. celebrates the series' 25th anniversary.

Burns was the original host ofBlue’s Cluesbeginning in 1996. Patton took over the role in 2002 followingBurns' sudden departurefrom the program, which Burns addressed in a September video message via Nick Jr.

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Blue’s Clues & You! host Josh Dela Cruz and the former hosts of Blue’s Clues Steve Burns and Donovan Patton

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He continued “I mean, we started out with clues and now, it’s what? Student loans, and jobs, and families. And some of it has been kind of hard, you know? I know you know. I wanted to tell you that I really couldn’t have done all of that without your help. In fact, all the help that you helped me with when we were younger is still helping me today. Right now. And that’s super cool.”

source: people.com