ST. LOUIS – Recent rains will not dampen St. Louis’s holiday cheer. Welcome the season of giving by checking out Ameren’s 41st annual Thanks-For-Giving Parade. The Thanks-For-Giving Parade will be ...

Once the leaves start changing and there's a little chill in the air, you just know the holiday season is kicking off. And what better way to start than with Thanksgiving? It's the day for gathering ...

Here's something to be thankful for: The price of turkey and stuffing is down from this time last year. That's welcome news to Kayla Jenkins, who's hosting 10 people for dinner on Thursday. "Only 10," ...

In 1789, George Washington became the first of many US presidents to formally proclaim a day of "public thanksgiving and prayer." evgenyb - stock.adobe.com The first Thanksgiving in the New World was ...

Worried about stumbling through grace at Thanksgiving? Here's a list of brief mealtime prayers from several different religions, denominations and customs, which can be easily memorized (or hastily ...

A pep talk for the day. By Sam Sifton I’m the host of The Morning Here’s a Thanksgiving mantra: Everything is going to be all right. That turkey you’re roasting for the first or millionth time? It’s ...

Though the Thanksgiving story is typically associated with the harvest feast of Pilgrims and Wampanoags in Plymouth, Mass., 404 years ago this fall, the national holiday Americans celebrate every ...

A record number of people are expected to travel within the U.S. for Thanksgiving, be it plane, train or automobile. Nearly 82 million are projected to travel at least 50 miles from Nov. 25 to Dec. 1, ...

THANKSGIVING NOW LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AWAY. BUT MANY IN OUR AREA DO NOT HAVE A TABLE TO GO TO. AND THAT’S WHERE THE ANNUAL BEA GADDY THANKSGIVING DINNER COMES IN, SERVING THOSE LESS FORTUNATE DURING ...

Thomas Jefferson is the only president who declined to endorse the tradition of Thanksgiving. For him, it was a question of the separation of church and state: the government should not endorse a ...