Thanksgiving 2023: A Season of Travel and Holiday Shopping
This year’s Thanksgiving is anticipated to be the biggest holiday travel season since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Moreover, food prices, driven by inflation and various factors, have rendered this Thanksgiving one of the most expensive in recent history.
On Thursday, nationwide viewers enjoyed the cherished Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, an annual tradition held in New York City. Consequently, the holiday shopping season commenced with the excitement of Black Friday.
Hundreds of people line up for Black Friday outside the Mall of America in Bloomington. At 5.6 million square feet, it’s the nation’s largest shopping and entertainment center.A Pikachu balloon floats during the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, November 24.Christmas lights at the Country Club Plaza shopping district in Kansas City, Missouri, are switched on amidst fireworks on Thursday. This ceremony has been a tradition for over 90 years, marking the beginning of the Christmas shopping season.Macy’s Great American Marching Band performs on Thursday.Buffalo Bills wide receiver Stefon Diggs enjoys a turkey leg after a Thanksgiving Day game against the Detroit Lions.Performers on the Macy’s Singing Christmas Tree float wave to spectators on Thursday.Balloons are inflated at the Macy’s parade in New York.In this image, vehicles move along Interstate 76 in Philadelphia on Wednesday, November 23.Travelers navigate a security checkpoint at Denver International Airport on Tuesday.Travelers passing through San Francisco International Airport on Monday.Free Thanksgiving turkeys are distributed Monday at the Holy Innocents Roman Catholic Church in Brooklyn, New York.
