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President Barack Obama smiles as he participates in a Thanksgiving service project by handing out food at the Capital Area Food Bank on Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013 in Washington. The Capital Area Food Bank distributes 30 million pounds of food annually. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Obama’s Thanksgiving address gives veiled nod to immigrants

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Michelle Obama’s idea of Thanksgiving table talk: Push the Obamacare

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Katie Stroh, left, and Gretchen Burkhardt look at catalogs while waiting outside a Kmart store on Thursday, Nov. 28, 2013, in Anaheim, Calif. Instead of waiting for Black Friday, which is typically the year's biggest shopping day, more than a dozen major retailers opened on Thanksgiving day this year. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Kmart, Walmart, Best Buy, other stores ready for Thanksgiving business

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Broncos coach Fox set to return to work Monday

By ARNIE STAPLETON - Associated Press

A giant Snoopy balloon passes a balcony of spectators during the 87th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2013, in New York. After fears the balloons could be grounded if sustained winds exceeded 23 mph, Snoopy, Spider-Man and the rest of the iconic balloons received the all-clear from the New York Police Department to fly between Manhattan skyscrapers on Thursday. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) **FILE**

Balloons steal show at NYC Thanksgiving parade after wind fears

By Larry Neumeister - Associated Press

Indiana man says Pizza Hut fired him for refusing to open on Thanksgiving

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

President George W. Bush carries a platter with a cooked turkey during a visit to troops serving in Iraq in 2003. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Media feasting on Bush ‘fake’ turkey claim; false story still repeated 10 years on

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

HOLMES: Thanksgiving and a civics lesson in gratitude

By Kim R. Holmes

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill had a Thanksgiving message for "the bold, the loyal, the warm-hearted" Americans on Nov. 23, 1944. (Stanford University)

Inside the Beltway: Will Thanksgiving succumb to shopping?

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Second-grader Talia Begres, 7, works on a menurkey, a paper-and-paint mash-up of a menorah and a turkey at Hillel Day School in Farmington Hills, Mich., one way for Jews in the U.S. to deal with a quirk of the calendar that overlaps Thanksgiving with the start of Hanukkah. (Associated Press)

Jews have mixed feelings celebrating Thanksgiving and Hanukkah together

By Alex Hopkins - The Washington Times

A dining facility worker, left, serves meat to soldiers and civilians for their Thanksgiving meal at the U.S.-led coalition base in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012. The dining hall at the U.S.-led coalition base in the Afghan capital served up mac-and-cheese along with traditional Thanksgiving Day fixings. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

Taste of the holidays: Uncle Sam racks up a turkey bill

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

JONES AT JONESTOWN - Rev. Jimmy Jones, founder of People's temple, clasps an unidentified man at Jonestown, Nov. 18, 1978, during Congressman' Leo J. Ryan's visit. Shortly after, Ryan, newsman Don Harris, Cameraman Bob Brown and San Francisco Examiner photographer Greg Robinson, who took this photo, were killed in ambush at Port Kaituma, Guyana. (AP-Photo/str/Greg Robinson)

HARPER: Horror of Jonestown tainted Thanksgiving 35 years ago

By Christopher Harper

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

NAPOLITANO: The Grinch who stole Thanksgiving

By Andrew P. Napolitano

The U.S. Capitol dome during its completion in November, 1863

DiBACCO: The first national day of Thanksgiving

By Thomas V. DiBacco

Illustration by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

FIELDS: Praise the pilgrims and pass the matzo balls

By Suzanne Fields

Dallas Cowboys tight end Jason Witten (82) is tackled by New York Giants safety Will Hill during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)

Short memories a requirement for Cowboys, Raiders

By Schuyler Dixon - Associated Press

Green Bay Packers quarterback Matt Flynn throws passes in warm ups prior to an NFL football game against the Minnesota Vikings Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Matt Ludtke)

PALLISTER: A Thanksgiving full of football is reality, not a fantasy

By Matt Pallister - The Washington Times

Washington Nationals' Jayson Werth points to the Nationals dugout as he rounds the bases after hitting the game-winning solo home run in the ninth inning of Game 4 of the National League division baseball series against the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012, in Washington. Washington won 2-1. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

HARRIS: There’s always something you can put on your thankful list

By Mike Harris - The Washington Times