Balloons steal show at NYC parade after wind fears
Revelers at this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade gave thanks for the giant balloons that flew above the city streets Thursday after a blustery storm accompanied by high winds nearly grounded them for only the second time in the parade’s 87-year history.
William Browning: The reluctant Samaritan
Last year I lived in Jacksonville, Fla., and at the corner store near our home there was a man who regularly sat hunched beneath a pay phone. I saw him a lot while coming home from work. He was terribly thin and always in tattered clothing. It would be O.K. to call him homeless.
Our view: A season of grace
While we have added our voice to the chorus of those who lament the encroachment of Christmas on Thanksgiving Day, in another sense we find the close proximity of these two holidays most appropriate.
Area stores, shoppers ready for ‘early’ Black Friday
In years past, Black Friday sales have been reserved for, well, Friday. Not this year.
Many stores around the Golden Triangle are opening at 8 o’clock tonight, giving shoppers a few more precious hours to snatch up the must-have items of the season.
Thanksgiving includes gluten-free pies and all
Three different types of stuffing will be offered on Stacy Fox’s table this Thanksgiving: traditional, gluten-free and vegan.
Thankful for leftovers: From chili to a Monte Cristo spin-off, readers share ideas for the day-after turkey
It turns out there are some among us who love Thanksgiving almost as much for the leftovers as for the main meal.
“I feel sorry for anyone who doesn’t have leftovers,” laughed Miranda Stewart of Starkville. “I wake up the Friday after already anticipating the chili I’ll use that turkey for.”
A short history course on Thanksgiving foods
Ask the people around the table on Thursday about the history of Thanksgiving, and most will say something about the Pilgrims.
Our view: Just say no to Gray Thursday
Tuesday, Mississippi State University sponsored a Thanksgiving meal for Starkville firefighters, a thoughtful way to acknowledge that while Thursday is a national holiday, there are some people who, by virtue of the work they do, cannot have the holiday off.
City departments join to feed elderly
For many residents in the Golden Triangle, Thursday will be a day to celebrate with family around food and laughter. However, for some elderly Columbus citizens, Thanksgiving will be just another day that they spend alone.
Thanksgiving-Hanukkah overlap spurs thanks, angst
When life gives you Hanukkah on Thanksgiving, make a menurkey. Or a turkel.
Have no fear; turkeys are here
When it comes to talkin’ turkeys, some would say no one knows the feathered fowl quite like your local grocer.
So when Butterball recently announced it would have a shortage of fresh turkeys and large frozen turkeys during the Thanksgiving holiday, area grocery stores were prepared.
Mayor’s downtown luncheon keeps growing
A crowd showed up at the Trotter Convention Center in downtown Columbus on Tuesday.
The occasion was Mayor Robert Smith’s annual Thanksgiving luncheon, which ran from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event honored area resident 55 years of age or older.
Classic and modern takes: Thanksgiving green beans
Can we all just agree that by 2013 we should be able to do better by green beans than dumping canned soup and fried onions
Macy’s Thanksgiving parade awash in float flaps
NEW YORK — Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is awash in animal-related protests over its floats, with controversies involving the unlikely pairing of rocker Joan Jett
Mayor’s Thanksgiving luncheon set for Tuesday
Columbus mayor Robert Smith’s annual Thanksgiving luncheon honoring Columbus and Lowndes County’s senior citizens will be held 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday at the Trotter Convention Center.
A guide to take the pain out of Thanksgiving math
Thanksgiving is coming and you need to just relax and embrace the horror. Accept the fact that you’ll get at least something wrong. The turkey
Slimantics: A ‘right smart’ Thanksgiving mystery
Everyone talks about the start of the Christmas season, but nobody ever really mentions when Thanksgiving Season begins.
There is no Black Friday for Thanksgiving, where grocery stores open at midnight and you can get killer deals on turkeys and cranberries and potatoes, etc.
Dandy dressings: Time to pull out the cookbooks and decide on the dressing
Remembering the Thanksgivings of my childhood conjures warm memories. I can clearly see gleaming china, sparkling crystal, the turkey-shaped gravy bowl and a large cornucopia my mother often used as a centerpiece. It overflowed with artificial apples, oranges and grapes that, to a kid, looked good enough to eat. In fact, I daresay there were some tiny teeth marks on the underside of a couple.
Gobble tov! American Jews ready for Thanksgivukkah
NEW YORK — It’s a turkey. It’s a menorah. It’s Thanksgivukkah! An extremely rare convergence this year of Thanksgiving and the start of Hanukkah has
Turkey Talk Line to have first male spokesman
NEW YORK — This year if you call Butterball’s Turkey Talk Line for some cooking advice, you might get a male voice on the line.