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# Thanksgiving

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Follow Thanksgiving  


## Thanksgiving


* ![93rd Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8e35da117a2a027b/698a06c3b21a9c5ab5502c43/macys-parade-broadway-performances.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 28, 2019  
## [Here Are All the Broadway Performances From This Year's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade](https://time.com/5741440/thanksgiving-parade-broadway-performances-video/)  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)  
by Madeleine Carlisle
* ![Balloons Inflated for the Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b58e9e635214dc7/698a06bf86f68e22ad6edfbc/macys-thanksgiving-parade-big-balloons.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 28, 2019  
## [Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Ballons Flew](https://time.com/5741188/macys-thanksgiving-parade-balloons/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Madeleine Carlisle
* ![Macy's Thanksgiving Parade](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt31207ebc475f5044/698a06a7b3fce336dd0c5ee2/gettyimages-1071139550.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 25, 2019  
## [Winds May Ground NYC Thanksgiving Parade Balloons](https://time.com/5739318/new-york-city-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-balloons/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Josiah Bates
* ![Above view of passing food during Thanksgiving dinner.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7d832ad45ef7bd3b/698a06a5929fada5a6bf5533/thanksgiving-politics.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 25, 2019  
## [Why Impeachment Makes for Bad Thanksgiving Dinner Conversation](https://time.com/5739113/trump-impeachment-thanksgiving/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Philip Elliott
* ![short range forecast for Nov. 30](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt49e554a167aa6f9c/698a06ce4ee262816a316b6d/92fndfd_init_2019113012-1.gif?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 24, 2019  
## [Winter Weather Complicates Post-Thanksgiving Travel](https://time.com/5738199/thanksgiving-travel-weather-2019/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Tara Law, Mahita Gajanan and Madeleine Carlisle  
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5eff4b190459b2e9/698a067e656a3f0fbbbd949b/screen-shot-2019-11-21-at-1.21.06-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 22, 2019  
## [Remember That Guy Who Accidentally Got Invited to a Random Grandma's Thanksgiving in 2016? Here's How They're Still Celebrating the Holiday Together](https://time.com/5735961/jamal-hinton-grandma-invites-wrong-person-thanksgiving/)  
by Megan McCluskey
* ![ABC's "Charlie Brown"](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb0774bc8c6f840c/698a05da97cdffc7756b9d6d/best-thanksgiving-movies.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 22, 2019  
## [The 15 Best Thanksgiving Movies to Watch This Holiday Season](https://time.com/5725731/best-thanksgiving-movies/)  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)  
by Cady Lang
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbdc4c7504fa761ac/698a06664ee2621698316ab5/vegetarianism-thanksgiving.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 21, 2019  
## [Will Americans Ever Go Meat-Free for Thanksgiving?](https://time.com/5735408/vegetarianism-thanksgiving/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Rachel E. Greenspan
* ![Barack Obama Attends Campaign Rally For Pennsylvania Democrats In Philadelphia](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaaf101e54d02fad3/69893fc6bc6cfc6acc3e7842/gettyimages-1037465570.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 22, 2018  
## [Barack Obama Helps Chicago Food Bank Workers in a Surprise Thanksgiving Visit](https://time.com/5462041/barack-obama-thanksgiving-food-bank/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Billy Perrigo
* ![This picture taken from video shows Jimmy Kimmel's take on the 'first Trumpsgiving.'](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt852f6305f2802348/69893fb87cdbac04a5d5e7d1/jimmy-kimmel-thanksgiving-kids-trump.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 21, 2018  
## [Jimmy Kimmel Had Fifth Graders Put On a 'Trumpsgiving' Play](https://time.com/5461223/jimmy-kimmel-trumpsgiving/)  
by Melissa Locker  
* ![Virginia, Richmond, Midlothian Parkway, Applebee's Neighborhood Grill and Bar, restaurant at dusk](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte939b1249b9b6971/69893f53ab6d775d246b435c/applebees-thanksgiving.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 21, 2018  
## [These Chain Restaurants Will Still Be Open on Thanksgiving](https://time.com/5457215/restaurants-open-on-thanksgiving/)  
by Raisa Bruner
* ![National Thanksgiving Turkeys Meet The Press Before Official Presidential Pardon](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2adacd8798591c81/69893f9997cdff7a346b6ca7/turkey-pardon-peas-carrots-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 20, 2018  
## [Trump Saved 'Peas' and 'Carrots' at the Presidential Turkey Pardon](https://time.com/5458952/trump-pardons-turkey/)  
by Ashley Hoffman
* ![Today](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt57bd936e7d1f1f30/69893f7197cdff065f6b6c2e/martha-stewart-turkey.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 19, 2018  
## [Martha Stewart Has Some Helpful Thanksgiving Turkey Hacks](https://time.com/5458899/martha-stewart-turkey/)  
by Raisa Bruner
* ![Dining table filled with thanksgiving food](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc134bdb0f3bac4d8/6988e5f0ab6d775bff6b0a32/thanksgiving-dos-donts.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 16, 2018  
## [Here's How Much Your Thanksgiving Dinner Will Probably Cost This Year](https://time.com/5456978/thanksgiving-dinner-cost-2018/)  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)  
by Wilder Davies
* ![Turkeys Raised On California Farm](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt02503c6a9735a0a9/69893f3f97cdff22a06b6bc8/thanksgiving-turkeys.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 15, 2018  
## [Tinier Turkeys Are Trending for This Thanksgiving 2018](https://time.com/5455949/small-turkeys-thanksgiving/)  
by Raisa Bruner

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