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.

Thanksgiving reminds us to count our blessings (Philly.com)

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.

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.

Antioch Senior Center hosts Thanksgiving today (Daily Herald)

If you had 110 people coming over for Thanksgiving dinner, you would start cooking early too. Paul Howard, director of the Antioch Senior Center, says the birds were getting stuffed and the potatoes were getting mashed Friday, ahead of the annual community Thanksgiving dinner to be held today.