Thanksgiving

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** FILE ** U.S. soldiers pray before eating a Thanksgiving meal at a dining hall at the U.S.-led coalition base in Kabul, Afghanistan (Associated Press)

Funeral scene for the character J.R. Ewing, played by Larry Hagman, in an episode of "Dallas," airing Monday at 9 p.m. Hagman died of cancer at 81 the day after Thanksgiving. (AP Photo/TNT, Skip Bolen)

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** FILE ** An American flag hangs amid the wreckage on Thanksgiving Day in the Breezy Point community of the Rockaways in the New York borough of Queens on Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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Detective Jackie Bell, a member of Washington Mayor Vincent C. Gray's security detail, attempts to block a photographer from photographing Mr. Gray as he departs after helping volunteers pack Thanksgiving holiday meals at Food & Friends, an organization that provides and delivers meals to people suffering from life-challenging illnesses, in Washington on Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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National Guard Sgt. Cliffy Taylor (center) picks up a Thanksgiving turkey and side dishes with his son, Cliffy Taylor Jr., 9, at the D.C. Armory in Washington on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. Harris Teeter supermarket and Miller/Coors brewery donated 400 Thanksgiving meals as part of Operation Homefront, which provides assistance to military families and wounded warriors. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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From left, Jeannie Hennen, Zella Sigley, Carrol Hatfield and Pam OÃDell fill plates at the Union Mission in Fairmont, W.Va. Thursday Nov. 22, 2012, with a traditional Thanksgiving dinner of turkey and all the trimmings to be deliver to those who would not otherwise have a Thanksgiving dinner. This year the mission volunteers deliveried over 800 meals (AP Photo/Times West Virginian, Tammy Shriver)

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Rockaway, Queens residents wait in line for a free Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012 in New York in an area still recovering from Superstorm Sandy. The American harvest holiday came as portions of the Northeast still were reeling from Sandy's havoc, and volunteers planned to serve thousands of turkey dinners to people it left homeless or struggling. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)