Thursday, Nov. 28 is Thanksgiving Day. It's a day to spend time with friends and family, eat delicious food, and reflect on what we're grateful for. What’s open and closed on Thanksgiving?

But, in reality, Thanksgiving feasts predate Plymouth, and the peace celebrated that day was tenuous. The real story behind the holiday is so dark, in fact, that some people are rethinking how ...

On the last Thursday of each November, many people in the US celebrate Thanksgiving, also known as “Turkey Day”, in the spirit of being grateful for life’s blessings. Falling on November 24 ...

A famed publisher even wrote to President Herbert Hoover in 1929, asking him to *please* move the holiday to Friday so we all get a three-day weekend for “thanksgiving, rest, pleasure and ...

While most big U.S. retailers are closed on Thanksgiving Day, many will open early the following day — Black Friday, the unofficial start of the holiday gift-buying season and the biggest ...

On October 3, 1789, George Washington issued his Thanksgiving proclamation, designating “a day of public thanks-giving” to be held on “Thursday the 26th day of November” that year.