The people of Boston are used to championship parades, but they still turned out in record force for the New England Patriots Super Bowl celebration. Sgt. Detective John Boyle, a Boston police spokesman, told the Boston Herald that an estimated 1.5 million fans turned out for the celebration which is a record for any parade celebration in Boston.

A big reason for such a big turnout was the unusually warm weather which hit a high of 65 degrees just before 2 p.m. in Boston. The warm weather also gave players like starting center David Andrews to take his shirt off.

Many kids skipped school to get a chance to great Tom Brady, Rob Gronkowski and the rest of the World Champions.

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A lot of fans the Globe talked to stressed they needed to make the championship parade because who knows how long Brady will be around, and if the Patriots will even win another Super Bowl.

“This could be the last Gronk, Brady, Edelman trio,” Paul Larrabee, 53, of Gloucester said outside City Hall. “So, with all of them together, this might be it.” Chase Korotkin, 13, of Winchester, agreed, but corrected Larrabee, a friend of his father, Ken, and predicted Brady would play until he’s 45.

Although most of the questions are about Brady there is is a real chance that the Super Bowl is the last time that Patriots fans saw Gronkowski in an NFL uniform. Gronkowski said he will take a few weeks to decide on his future, but it wouldn't be much of a shock if he decides to retire.