THANKSGIVING is a distinctively American holiday. It celebrates no birth, no battle, no anniversary or the birthday of any celebrity or president. It is a condition of the heart, a pilgrimage into the ever-beckoning land of gratitude wherein we are privileged to rethink, relive and rededicate ourselves to a way of life that catches up our heritage and our hopes.

TV today: 'Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving,' 'SNL' (Detroit Free Press)

TONIGHT'S MUST-SEE: "An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving," 9 p.m., Hallmark Channel. Before her "Little Women" novel brought fame, Louisa May Alcott wrote short stories. Now this one has been expanded.

Plucky family makes 'Old Fashioned Thanksgiving' a tasty treat (New York Daily News)

Attention Kleenex stockholders: Hallmark's new Thanksgiving movie is even weepier than usual. But the characters are so gosh-darned likable that you stay with them, and in the end, they even go a few places you might not have expected.

AAA projects Thanksgiving travel drop (UPI)

HEATHROW, Fla., Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Automotive organization AAA said it expects a slight decline in U.S. Thanksgiving holiday travel for the first time since 2002.

The DOT's recommended travel times for Thanksgiving weekend (Seattle Times)

The Thanksgiving weekend is the busiest holiday weekend of the year for drivers going over Snoqualmie Pass and those heading south of Seattle through Olympia. The state Department of Transportation has released its recommended travel times so motorists can avoid gridlock.