Photos | Thanksgiving 2017: US celebrates with parades, shopping and sharing
Updated On Nov 24, 2017 03:14 PM IST
Parades, Black Friday shopping and festivities geared towards the community occupied the day for Americans on November 23, 2017 as the nation celebrated Thanksgiving Day marking the beginning of the annual holday season.
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Ice Age’s Scrat was still chasing his acorn during the 93rd Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York on November 23, 2017. Millions applauded marching bands, elaborate floats and enormous tethered balloons in New York’s traditional Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, packing sidewalks as Thanksgiving festivities dotted the US. Elsewhere, community feasts and Black Friday deals brought shoppers out in large numbers. (Carlo Allegri / REUTERS)
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Members of the New York City police department are seen at Central Park West during the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. The parade is among the largest parades in the world and has been held since 1924. (Stephanie Keith / Getty Images / AFP)
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US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump (L) visit members of the US Coast Guard at Station Lake Worth Inlet in Riviera Beach, Florida on Thanksgiving day. Trump thanked US troops for their service on Thursday, assuring them “we’re really winning” against America’s foes as he celebrated Thanksgiving at Mar-a-Lago. (Nicholas Kamm / AFP)
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People wait to pay for televisions as they shop at a Black Friday sale at a Best Buy store on Thanksgiving Day in Overland Park, Kansas. Shoppers hit stores early looking to make the most of retailers under pressure and looking for ways to poach shoppers from their rivals with cut-throat deals. (Charlie Riedel / AP)
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A bit higher up in space, NASA astronauts Joe Acaba (L), Randy Bresnik (C), and Mark Vande Hei along with their international crewmates feasted on pouches of Thanksgiving turkey and single-serving bags of sides aboard the International Space Station. (AP)
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James Shackelford, a volunteer with Bennett Career Institute, gives a haircut to Reginald DuPree during the Salvation Army and Safeway’s 18th annual “Feast of Sharing,” at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center a day before Thanksgiving. Hundreds of volunteers served Thanksgiving dinner for more than 5,000 district residents and event partners provided free haircuts, manicures, clothing to the needy. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images / AFP)
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New Yorkers received special Thanksgiving grocery packages, including a turkey, at the Reaching Out Community Services food pantry in days leading to Thanksgiving. The popular Brooklyn food pantry feeds over 4,000 New Yorkers per month while offering a host of other services for those in need. (Spencer Platt / Getty Images / AFP)
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Car headlights and taillights shine on crowded northbound and southbound streets in Manhattan after sunset ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday on November 22, 2017 in New York City. The American Automobile Association (AAA) predicted that nearly 51 million Americans would travel 50 miles (80 km) or more this Thanksgiving holiday weekend. (Mario Tama / Getty Images / AFP)
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