With a brand-new federal holiday proposal, Americans could soon have an additional day off between Thanksgiving and Christmas ...

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus have brought forward a bill to add a federal holiday on December 1, honoring Rosa ...

WCCO-TV last week had an interesting story in these divisive and still-bitter days after the presidential election. A reporter asked an expert and others how to handle things around the ...

The first Thanksgiving was observed in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1621. A good autumn harvest led the Pilgrims to hold a feast to give thanks that lasted for three days.

In the Common Lectionary for last week, these were the somewhat tired sounding words of the psalmist, contained in psalm 123: “To you I lift up my eyes, O you who are enthroned in the heavens! As ...

Thanksgiving in the US is traditionally a time for family and food. American schoolchildren typically learn that the tradition dates back to the Pilgrims, who helped establish Plymouth Colony in ...

The dazzling phenomenon, also known as the aurora borealis, should be visible on Thanksgiving and Black Friday in parts of the northern United States, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

Learn more about Sarah Josepha Hale and why she so desperately wanted President Abraham Lincoln to adopt the idea of Thanksgiving as a national holiday. Copied Did you know that for much of the ...

Outgoing US President Joe Biden during a previous Thanksgiving event. [Getty Images] Millions of Americans are reuniting with loved ones for the Thanksgiving holiday this week, but not 59-year-old ...