Thanksgiving

The holiday season really kicks off when the massive helium balloons start floating through New York. Here’s everything you need to know about this year’s parade.

NBC10 First Alert Weather meteorologist Marvin Gomez is tracking chillier temps in the days ahead and rain on Thanksgiving.

Two events on Tuesday looked to get Thanksgiving turkey dinners to those in need as Philadelphia police officers delivered as part of Operation Thanksgiving and radio station WMGK held its annual turkey drop in Center City.

The travel rush is on as people flock to see family and friends over the long Thanksgiving holiday week. Before you head out the door, however, be sure to grab your umbrella and your heavy coat.

We start Tuesday rainy in Philadelphia. Meteorologist Bill Henley is then tracking gusty winds that pick up in the afternoon. Temps cool off for the rest of the holiday week.

NBC10’s Matt DeLucia goes into the kitchen at Philadelphia’s P.J. Clarke’s to prepare the turkey, all the fixings and pumpkin pie-themed dessert for a Thanksgiving meal. Let’s be happy the holiday meal is being left to the pros, especially the piping.

The Brookfield Zoo in Chicago prepared a Thanksgiving dinner for its zoo animals on Monday.

Several Philadelphia churches teamed up with nonprofit Taylor Made Opportunities for a pre-Thanksgiving dinner with the aim of helping gun violence victims heal through the holiday. NBC10’s Leah Uko reports. 

The chosen pair, Peach and Blossom, will become agricultural ambassadors and retire at a farm in Southern Minnesota.

President Joe Biden participated in the 77th turkey pardoning at the White House, sparing two turkeys from Minnesota.

It’s probably not the best idea to fast before the big feast, but the reason why may surprise you.

A nationwide survey of grocery prices by the American Farm Bureau Federation showed that a Thanksgiving dinner this year is at its lowest level since 2021.

The Thanksgiving travel rush is expected to be bigger than ever this year, with AAA predicting that nearly 80 million people in the U.S. will venture at least 50 miles from home.

Although Thanksgiving for 2024 is still a few days away, you’re going to need to take your frozen turkey out of the freezer long before then, experts say.

St. Joe’s Prep helped give out turkey dinners to dozens of families where grandparents are raising grandchildren in Philadelphia.

You may not know it by looking at sticker prices in grocery aisles, but Thanksgiving dinner is more affordable than it has been in years.

Parents, if you’ve experienced a Thanksgiving Day with kids who refuse to eat, judgmental questions from relatives on the topic and party-ending meltdowns from those hangry children … you’ve come to the right place.

Want one more thing to be grateful for on Thanksgiving? You’ll really be counting your blessings when you bite into a turkey that you didn’t have to cook yourself.

The presidential turkey pardon began back in the 1800s under President Abraham Lincoln.

Since it started as a hashtag in 2012, GivingTuesday, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, has become one of the biggest fundraising days of the year for nonprofits in the U.S.