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Airfares are often cheaper on the holiday itself.

10 Tips for Stress-Free Holiday Travel

While we can’t promise that your journey to grandma’s house this year will be enjoyable, we know of a few travel tips to make it less stressful.

The Most Popular Holiday Desserts in Each State, Mapped

See if your favorite holiday treat is on the list.

Why Do the Lions and Cowboys Always Play on Thanksgiving?

Why do the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys always take to the field for a Thanksgiving football game? Because it’s tradition! But how did this tradition begin?

The turkey is always the center of attention on Thanksgiving.

10 Facts About Your Favorite Thanksgiving Foods

From canned cranberries to the world's largest helping of mac and cheese, these fun food facts will wow your Thanksgiving guests.

13 Old-Timey Turkey Terms to Bring Back This Thanksgiving

Use them while you're talking turkey.

See that crispy texture? That’s the Maillard Reaction.

Why Do We Cook So Many Foods at 350 Degrees?

There’s science behind that seemingly random number.

Tune Twist Quiz #18

It’s time to play Tune Twist, where we translate the lyrics of popular songs into multiple languages and then back into English. Can you figure out what the song is, or who performed it?

How Sarah Josepha Hale Became the ‘Mother of Thanksgiving’

The history of Thanksgiving wouldn’t be complete without mentioning Sarah Josepha Hale, the holiday’s biggest fan.

How ‘WKRP in Cincinnati’ Made Holiday TV History With “Turkeys Away”

In its very first season, ‘WKRP In Cincinnati’ created the greatest Thanksgiving special about a misguided turkey delivery ever made.

Steve Martin and John Candy in ’Planes, Trains and Automobiles’ (1987).

15 Moving Facts About ’Planes, Trains and Automobiles’

John Hughes’s own hellish trip from New York City to Chicago inspired ‘Planes, Trains and Automobiles,’ the 1987 Thanksgiving classic starring Steve Martin and John Candy.

Don’t let sitting in traffic become your holiday experience.

Traveling for Thanksgiving? Avoid Driving on These Days, According to AAA

Choosing the wrong time to hit the road can make your Thanksgiving a traffic nightmare. Here’s how to avoid it.

Sandwiches are a traveler’s best friend.

Here’s Which Thanksgiving Foods You Can Bring on a Plane

Turkeys and pies are allowable carry-ons, but you’ll have to check alcohol, sauces, and condiments before you board a plane.

The Pilgrims give thanks with no turkey or mashed potatoes in sight.

11 Thanksgiving Dishes the Pilgrims Didn't Eat

When the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag shared the first Thanksgiving in 1621, sweet potatoes, apple pie, and turkey were missing from the table.

15 Thanksgiving Dinner Disasters (And How to Avoid Them)

Cooking dinner on Thanksgiving is pressure enough without a calamity derailing the affair. Learn what not to do from these turkey day disasters.

Why Your Traditional Thanksgiving Should Include Oysters

The first Thanksgiving may not have even had turkey, but it almost certainly had oysters.

Fine Feathered Fiends: 6 Bizarre Turkey Attacks

Your Thanksgiving turkey is harmless, but the live bird stalking your backyard might not be.

Vodka Is the Secret to a Perfectly Flaky Pie Crust

Nobody likes tough pie crust. Vodka can prevent the issue.

Horns Aplenty: The Ancient Greek Origins of the Cornucopia

Here's how the cornucopia went from ancient gods to American dinner tables.

A dish of homemade cranberry deliciousness.

Why Do We Eat Cranberry Sauce on Thanksgiving?

Your Thanksgiving cranberry sauce—be it homemade or Ocean Spray’s canned classic—is all part of America’s history.

18 Movies to Get You Into the Thanksgiving Spirit

Before diving into Christmas content, don't forget to add these fun Thanksgiving movies to your watchlist.

A vintage 1950s postcard with a bounty of Thanksgiving dishes.

10 Olde-Timey Thanksgiving Recipes We Should Bring Back

These historical recipes, featuring old-fashioned takes on some of the Thanksgiving dishes that we know and love, are ripe for a comeback.

The Reason Why Thanksgiving Is on the Fourth Thursday in November

It used to be a little harder to keep track of, and not just because you couldn’t Google “When is Thanksgiving?”

What the heck do you do with these things?

What Are Turkey Giblets—And What Should You Do With Them?

There’s actually a lot you can cook with turkey giblets.

Airports are notorious for being crowded around the holidays.

The 15 Airports With the Longest Thanksgiving Wait Times

If you’re traveling for Thanksgiving this year, try to dodge these airports.