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News Articles: Thanksgiving

A car drives up a snowy road in Sioux City, Iowa, on Saturday.

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  • National

A major winter storm disrupts travel as millions head home after Thanksgiving

The storm will spread through the Midwest and Great Lakes regions over the weekend with "widespread heavy snowfall and hazardous travel conditions," the National Weather Service said.

November 29, 2025
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  • Chandelis Duster
As well as the traditional Thanksgiving fare, NASA astronauts on the International Space Station will enjoy clams, smoked salmon and lobster.

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  • Science

NASA astronauts celebrate Thanksgiving with Russian cranberry sauce

NASA has made sure that the International Space Station is well stocked for a Thanksgiving meal full of treats. Here's what's on the menu.

November 27, 2025
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By:
  • Nell Greenfieldboyce
A customer shops for produce at an H-E-B grocery store earlier this year in Austin, Texas. Many shoppers are cutting back on purchases due to higher costs.

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  • National

For many, the holidays this year means having to make do with less

With job losses, food benefit reductions and higher prices, many in the U.S. are having to scrimp this holiday season.

November 27, 2025
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By:
  • Tovia Smith
Nick Wilde (voiced by Jason Bateman) and Judy Hopps (voiced by Ginnifer Goodwin) in <em>Zootopia 2.</em>

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  • Movie Reviews

Heading to the movies this Thanksgiving? Here's what's new

In addition to hits already in theaters like Wicked: For Good, this holiday week brings sequels for Zootopia and Knives Out.

November 27, 2025
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By:
  • Bob Mondello,
  • Linda Holmes,
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Fostering Success Dinner

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  • News

Former foster children learn life skills at Thanksgiving dinner

A Georgia foster care advocacy group held a Thanksgiving dinner last week for young adults who recently aged out of the foster care system. 

November 26, 2025
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  • Sarah Kallis
One of the two national Thanksgiving turkeys, Waddle and Gobble, which were presented to journalists in the Willard Room of the Willard InterContinental on November 24, 2025 in Washington, DC., for the 78th annual Turkey Pardoning at the White House.

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  • Animals

How the turkey trotted its way onto our Thanksgiving tables — and into our lexicon

Much of the turkey's early history is shrouded in uncertainty, historians and etymologists say — which is particularly true of how the bird got its name.

November 26, 2025
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  • Natalie Escobar
Tom Turkey opens the 98th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Nov. 28, 2024, in New York City.

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  • Television

How to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is back this year and promises to be bigger than ever. Here's a preview of what to expect and how to watch.

November 26, 2025
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By:
  • Ivy Buck
Brittany Snow as Nina Jarvis and Claire Danes as Aggie Wiggs in <em>The Beast in Me.</em>

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  • TV Reviews

The best TV to catch up on over the Thanksgiving weekend

It's impossible to keep up with TV options. These shows are worth catching up on — or revisiting.

November 26, 2025
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  • Eric Deggans
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump, stand next to national Thanksgiving turkey Gobble during a pardoning ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House, on Tuesday, in Washington.

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  • Politics

Trump spares turkeys — but not his political opponents — at annual pardoning ceremony

President Trump brought grievances to the Thanksgiving pardoning ceremony on Tuesday. He joked about sending the turkeys to a prison in El Salvador, and claimed that last year's turkey pardons were invalid.

November 26, 2025
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  • The Associated Press

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  • Arts & Life

75 years later, Thanksgiving staple Jiffy corn muffin mix still costs less than $1

Jiffy corn muffins are an iconic, low-cost pantry staple introduced during the Depression. Thanksgiving is peak season for the company, which has been run by the same family for five generations.

November 25, 2025
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By:
  • Neda Ulaby

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  • Book News & Features

Gather 'round the table — it's time for a 'Family Feast!'

Big Ma dashes off commands, pots clang, aunts and uncles shoot the breeze, little ones beg to lick the bowl, ham and candied yam. Family Feast! is about food, family and love.

November 23, 2025
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By:
  • Samantha Balaban
From left: Dolly Parton, Cynthia Erivo, Marjorie Taylor Greene.

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  • National

What former ally did Trump call a 'ranting Lunatic' this week? Find out in the quiz

This week, the quiz examines truth, drugs and scandal!

November 21, 2025
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By:
  • Holly J. Morris
"Friendsgiving" describes a meal, usually potluck-style, shared with friends around the time of Thanksgiving. The custom may be centuries old, but the word only entered Merriam-Webster's dictionary in 2020.

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  • National

Friendsgiving 101: A history of the made-up holiday and how to celebrate it

The word's definition may be obvious, but Friendsgiving can mean different things to different people. Here are expert tips for how to celebrate it.

November 19, 2025
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
The Dora the Explorer balloon gets pumped up for a flight over the streets of New York City in the 98th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

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  • Pop Culture

Here's how the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is brought to life

Meet the people who make the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, where balloons fly and imaginations soar.

November 30, 2024
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By:
  • Barry Gordemer
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, pictured in November 2023, has been a fixture of the holiday since 1924, minus a few years during World War II.

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  • Television

How to watch Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, a tradition 100 years in the making

Macy's is promising its largest Thanksgiving Day parade yet, exactly 100 years after the tradition first started. Here's a look at what to expect and how to watch.

November 27, 2024
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
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