Tag Archives: Thanksgiving

Travel Pulse reports: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced that Sunday, December 1 was the busiest air travel day in the administration’s history, with 3.087 million air travelers screened through security checkpoints nationwide following the busy Thanksgiving holiday season. The record-breaking total is significantly higher than the same total on December 1 last year, which was 2.32 million travelers. The …

Mediaite reports: X/Twitter users were stunned by Vice President JD Vance’s Thanksgiving post — a parody of Norman Rockwell’s “Free From Want” depicting President-elect Donald Trump as the husband, Vance as the wife, and a county-level electoral map as the turkey. In a Thanksgiving twist that has set social media ablaze, Trump and Vance are depicted in a parody image …

Axios reports: President-elect Trump used Thanksgiving as an opportunity to attack “Radical Left Lunatics” while outgoing President Biden emphasized gratitude in his final holiday message as president. Trump made punishing “enemies within” central to his reelection bid, which saw Republicans rewarded with control of both chambers of Congress and the presidency. Trump’s Thanksgiving message shows he feels no need to …

NBC News reports: The 98th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City will feature 22 big balloons, 34 fabulous floats, 7 wheeled “balloonicles” and more. NBC’s “TODAY” show stars Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb and Al Roker will again host the 2024 parade. Thankfully, the parade will march on rain or shine, because the Big Apple is forecast to …

Axios reports: For the fifth year in a row, the majority of the nation’s largest retailers will keep their doors closed on Thanksgiving. Shopping for last-minute ingredients ahead of the holiday meal is limited with Walmart, Target, Trader Joe’s, Publix and many grocery stores closed Thursday. Walgreens stores nationwide will be closed on the holiday for the second year. COVID …

Newsweek reports: An Arctic blast is set to plunge much of the U.S. into a deep freeze over the holidays, with wind chill in some regions dropping as a low as – 40 degrees F. The cold air will arrive in the Midwest and northern Plains by Thanksgiving, dropping the mercury below zero, before moving into the South and East …

ABC News reports: Peach and Blossom are the two lucky turkeys from Minnesota who escaped a fowl fate of ending up on someone’s Thanksgiving table this year when they were pardoned Monday by President Biden at the White House. “This event marks the official start of the holiday season here in Washington,” Biden said to what he said was a …

NewsNation reports: Generally, solid food can go through checkpoints hassle-free, but “if you can spill it, spread it, spray it, pump it or pour it” (and it’s larger than 3.4 ounces), it’ll need to go in a checked bag. Common Thanksgiving foods that can be carried through a TSA checkpoint include baked goods, meats, stuffing, casseroles, macaroni and cheese, fresh …

ABC News reports: Target is helping people put an affordable meal on the table this Thanksgiving with a four-serving offering that only costs $20. The retailer announced the return of its popular Thanksgiving meal on Monday, and it’s $5 less than last year. The $20 dinner includes all the traditional Thanksgiving favorites: A Good & Gather Turkey up to 10 …

Megachurch Pastor Greg Laurie writes: Thanksgiving Day is, for many, just a holiday that basically falls between two other holidays that we’ve managed to monetize: Halloween and Christmas. It has been reduced to a day for getting together and stuffing ourselves before going shopping on Black Friday. In fact, I see a lot more promotions for Black Friday than I …

The New York Times reports: An anti-L.G.B.T.Q. group is organizing a boycott of Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade over performances by nonbinary Broadway actors, in the latest attempt to force companies to reverse course on social issues that some far-right groups consider too liberal. The parade’s response: march on. The group, which is called One Million Moms, says it has drawn …

The New York Times reports: It’s going to be an unsettled lead-up to Thanksgiving in much of the eastern United States, as a large, moisture-loaded storm system sweeps across the region. The storm could slow air and ground transportation on Tuesday and Wednesday, two of the busiest travel days of the year. A storm system that is developing over the …

The Associated Press reports: Liberty and Bell are ready for their presidential pardons. The two Thanksgiving turkeys were due at the White House on Monday to play their part in what has become an annual holiday tradition: a president sparing them from becoming someone’s dinner. President Joe Biden, the oldest president in U.S. history, also was celebrating his 81st birthday …

The Hill reports: Ahead of the upcoming holiday weekend, the White House has unveiled a series of Thanksgiving “talking points” touting the Biden administration’s accomplishments. White House chief of staff Ronald Klain shared an image titled “President Biden’s accomplishments for chatting with your uncle at Thanksgiving” on his Twitter account, a day before the popular holiday. Among the notable points …

The New York Daily News reports: Fans lining Sixth Ave. on Thursday for a glimpse of Santa and the new Stuart the Minion balloon will also get treated to some Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade history. Performing alongside appearances by Ziggy Marley, Joss Stone, Kirk Franklin and Dionne Warwick will be the Queer Big Apple Corps Marching Band, the first queer …

The Today Show reports: After a year off as a scaled-down affair due to the pandemic, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade returned in full force this year, with one very special guest calling in. President Biden and first lady Dr. Jill Biden called TODAY’s Al Roker during the festivities. “Oh my gosh, look at who’s calling,” Al said, while pointing …

NBC News reports: The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will return to its pre-pandemic form this year, with its route restored through Manhattan, high-flying helium balloons once again pulled by handlers and crowds welcomed back to cheer them on. And Baby Yoda is joining the party for the first time. This year’s parade — the 95th annual — will snap back …

The New York Times reports: Federal medical teams have been dispatched to Minnesota to help at overwhelmed hospitals. Michigan is enduring its worst case surge yet, with daily caseloads doubling since the start of November. Even New England, where vaccination rates are high, is struggling, with Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire trying to contain major outbreaks. Nationally, case levels remain …

The Associated Press reports: Target will no longer open its stores on Thanksgiving Day, making permanent a shift to the unofficial start of the holiday season that was suspended during the pandemic. To limit crowds in stores, retailers last year were forced to turn what had become a weekend shopping blitz into an extended event, with holiday sales beginning as …

Reuters reports: President Joe Biden will pardon two turkeys from Indiana named Peanut Butter and Jelly at the White House, carrying on a decades-old tradition. The birds were featured in a short video the White House tweeted out Thursday, perched on side-by-side hotel-style beds with crested headboards. In 1947, President Harry Truman was the first recipient of a bird gifted …