Thanksgiving 2006

A flock of 30-pound tom turkeys mill around in the barn at Raymond's Turkey Farm in Methuen, Mass., Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2006. The 60-acre farm expected to sell about 9,000 turkeys this holiday season.

President Bush grants a Presidential pardon to "Flyer" the national Thanksgiving turkey Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2006, in Washington. Holding the turkey is Lynn Nutt of Springfield, Mo.

Second-place finisher Tim "Eater X" Janus, holds a turkey carcass as he competes in the Thanksgiving Invitational Turkey-Eating Championship, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2006, at Artie's Delicatessen in New York. Janus ate 3.815 pounds in 12 minutes while winner Pat Bertoletti of Chicago gobbled up 4.8 pounds of bird.

Traffic flows over the American Legion Bridge along I-495, the Capitol Beltway, on the day before the Thanksgiving holiday Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2006, between Virginia and Maryland. The National Transportation and Safety Board said that 83 percent of all holiday travelers will go by car, van or bus this year.

Travelers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport stand in line to check their baggage Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2006 in Arlington, Va. The day before Thanksgiving is traditionally the busiest travel day of the year in the U.S. (

A traveler waits in the security line holding a plastic bag with liquid necessities at Reagan National Airport Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2006 in Arlington, Va. Some travelers were trying to beat the rush and take off before the busiest travel day of the year, which is the day before Thanksgiving.

Travelers line up to board an Amtrak train Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2006, at Penn Station in New York. Thirty eight million Americans are expected to travel more than 50 miles from home this Thanksgiving weekend, according to the American Automobile Association.

Nicholas Fox, 5, watches as food is added to his plate during a Thanksgiving celebration at All Saints Catholic School in Roswell, N.M., Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2006.

A racehorse named Manage leans out of the stall in Al Stall Jr.'s barn at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, La. Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2006. The Fair Grounds opens to racing Thanksgiving Day after being closed last year due to damage from Hurricane Katrina.

The Dora the Explorer balloon moves through Times Square during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade Thursday, Nov. 23, 2006 in New York. Officials waited until right before the 9 a.m. start to decide whether it was safe for the event's famous balloons to float through Midtown despite the wet and wind.

A group of balloons float down Broadway during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade in New York, Thursday, Nov. 23, 2006.

A group of children watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade go by from an apartment window on Central Park West Thursday, Nov. 23, 2006 in New York.

Katie Taylor, 85, of Newcastle, Wash., reacts to receiving her meal Thursday, Nov. 23, 2006, during the Thanksgiving Day Celebration at the Renton Senior Activity Center in Renton, Wash.

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo (9) prepares to throw a touchdown pass against Tampa Bay Buccaneers safety Jermaine Phillips (23) during the second quarter of their NFL football game in Irving, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 23, 2006. Dallas won the game, 38-10.

Black Friday doorbuster deals entice Valerie Meyer, right, of Chesterfield, Va., and Michele Yarbrough of Danville, Ark., to wait in a long line for cashiers at JCPenney in the Chesterfield Towne Center on Friday, Nov. 24, 2006, in Chesterfield, Va.

Sherry Barry packs a few more items on her filled carriage as she and other shoppers gather early Friday, Nov. 24, 2006, at Toys R' Us in Dartmouth, Mass., to take advantage of the Black Friday sales as the holiday shopping season begins in full force.

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