Americans are marking the annual Thanksgiving holiday Thursday. The holiday is engrained in American life as a day for family gatherings with sumptuous turkey feasts, accompanied by a wide array of side dishes and pies. By one estimate, more than 43 million people are expected to travel 80 kilometers or more to attend holiday gatherings […]
Americans Mark Thanksgiving Holiday
Posted November 22nd, 2012 at 6:10 am (UTC-5)
Americans are marking the annual Thanksgiving holiday Thursday. The holiday is engrained in American life as a day for family gatherings with sumptuous turkey feasts, accompanied by a wide array of side dishes and pies. By one estimate, more than 43 million people are expected to travel 80 kilometers or more to attend holiday gatherings […]
The US Thanksgving Weekend: Family Celebrations, Then Holiday Shopping
Posted November 21st, 2012 at 4:30 pm (UTC-5)
Millions of Americans are heading to airports or taking to the nation’s highways to visit friends and relatives for Thursday’s Thanksgiving holiday. The holiday is engrained in American life as a day for family gatherings with sumptuous turkey feasts, accompanied by a wide array of side dishes and pies. By one estimate, more than 43 […]
The US Thanksgving Weekend: Family Celebrations, Then Holiday Shopping
Posted November 21st, 2012 at 2:45 pm (UTC-5)
Millions of Americans are heading to airports or taking to the nation’s highways to visit friends and relatives in advance of Thursday’s Thanksgiving holiday. The holiday is engrained in American life as a day for family gatherings with sumptuous turkey feasts with a wide array of side dishes and pies. By one estimate, more than […]
Americans Mark the Annual Thanksgiving Day Holiday
Posted November 24th, 2011 at 6:00 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. citizens on Thursday marked their annual Thanksgiving Day holiday — a centuries-old harvest time tradition. The holiday is one of the busiest times for travel in the United States as millions travel by car, train, or air, to feast with family. Many also celebrated the holiday far from home and loved one — including […]
Americans Mark the Annual Thanksgiving Day Holiday
Posted November 24th, 2011 at 4:00 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. citizens on Thursday marked their annual Thanksgiving Day holiday — a centuries-old harvest time tradition. Millions were on the road or in trains or airplanes, making this holiday one of the busiest times for travel in the United States. U.S. President Barack Obama made telephone calls to some of the American troops in Iraq, […]
Americans Celebrate Thanksgiving with Family, Friends, and a Feast
Posted November 24th, 2011 at 9:00 am (UTC-5)
U.S. citizens are celebrating their annual Thanksgiving holiday — a centuries-old harvest time tradition. The week of the Thanksgiving holiday is one of the busiest travel weeks of the year, as Americans take to the air, railways and roads to visit family and friends and share a celebratory dinner. The Thanksgiving Day meal usually includes […]
Americans Celebrate Thanksgiving with Family, Friends, and a Feast
Posted November 24th, 2011 at 4:30 am (UTC-5)
U.S. citizens Thursday are celebrating their annual Thanksgiving holiday — a centuries-old harvest time tradition. For the day of feasting that usually kicks off the winter holiday season — and triggers one of the busiest travel weeks of the year — Americans take to the air, railways and roads to visit family and friends. The […]
Obama Pardons Thanksgiving Turkeys
Posted November 23rd, 2011 at 6:55 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama has granted a pardon to the national Thanksgiving turkey and its alternate, saving the birds from becoming part of a traditional Thanksgiving Day feast. At the annual White House ceremony the day before the holiday, Mr. Obama Wednesday spared the two 19-week-old, 20-kilogram turkeys from the Thanksgiving dinner table, where the […]
Obama Pardons Thanksgiving Turkeys
Posted November 23rd, 2011 at 12:40 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama has granted a pardon to the National Thanksgiving Turkey and its alternate, saving the birds from becoming part of a traditional Thanksgiving Day feast. At the annual White House ceremony the day before the holiday, Mr. Obama on Wednesday spared the two 19-week-old, 20-kilogram turkeys from the Thanksgiving dinner table, where […]
