Thanksgiving 2004

President Bush, right, hold Biscuits by the neck during the Pardoning of the National Thanksgiving Turkey in a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House, Nov. 17, 2004, in Washington. After the ceremony, the turkey was retired to the Kidwell Farm petting zoo at Frying Pan Park in Herndon, Va.

School children react to "Little People" characters who are part of The Magic of Childhood float at Macy's Parade Studio in Hoboken, N.J., Nov. 16, 2004, during a tour of new floats for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Jesus Gonzalez, left, and Alexandra Gutierrez dress in traditional Thanksgiving attire as they work on class projects, Nov. 18, 2004, in San Elizario, Texas.

Sophie Cahill, a first grader at Sargent School in Beacon, N.Y., hides behind her paper turkey as she sings a Thanksgiving turkey song with the 1st Grade Turkey Wobblers at the school Nov. 19, 2004. The school hosted its 9th annual Thanksgiving Luncheon for senior citizens.

In this photo, released by the University of Mississippi, students Melanie Collins, left, and Kate Fokina help put together baskets of Thanksgiving food Nov. 19, 2004, on the campus in University, Miss. More than 40 baskets of food were collected as part of the school's Adopt-a-Basket program and are to be distributed to needy families in the Oxford area.

Cathy Weed, left, a volunteer for the Merced Rescue Mission, helps to serve a hot Thanksgiving dinner to the homeless, and hurting and those in need of human kindness, personal growth and fellowship at the Central Presbyterian Church, Nov. 21, 2004. Between 300 and 400 meals were served.

In this photo provided by the University of Florida, Chris Cerveny, a graduate student there, displays flower arrangements Nov. 22, 2004, in Gainesville, Fla. Every year, Cerveny and other students majoring in environmental horticulture at UFs Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences prepare and sell Thanksgiving flower arrangements to raise funds for their student organization.

Ethel Taylor cleans around her kitchen sink as she looks out the window of her Pintlala, Ala. home, Nov. 19, 2004. Evicted from her rural trailer last March because of a lack of a proper septic system, Taylor, 69, was able to return home in time for Thanksgiving with the help of a grassroots group that tries to help the poor.

Ice cream cones are stacked on the counter of the soda fountain on the main floor of FAO Schwarz in New York Nov. 22, 2004. FAO Schwarz, the luxury toy store, hopes its refurbished Manhattan store reopening on Thanksgiving Day will cause children to squeal with joy and adults to open their wallets, as the company emerges from bankruptcy recommitted to high-end toys.

Volunteers Michelle Potvin, Reg Harnish, and Jack Miller listen to Jon Haker (hands) tell them how to cut up turkeys Nov. 22, 2004, at the Empire State Plaza in Albany, N.Y. More than 3,000 volunteers are preparing a Thanksgiving feast for 6,500 people within 25 miles of Albany. About 8,000 pounds of turkey and 1,500 pounds of ham are needed for the 35th annual Equinox Thanksgiving dinner.

From left, Bailey Rump, Bailey Payne and Aaron Stormer, all kindergarten students at Black Hawk Elementary School, take part in a Thanksgiving Feast Nov. 23, 2004, in Burlington, Iowa. All four kindergarten classes at the school helped prepare the meal, which included soup, corn bread and pumpkin pie.

Actors dressed as Thanksgiving turkeys cross the street in New York's Time Square Nov. 23, 2004. They were taking part in a promotion by Country Crock Side Dishes, which is donating 9,000 pounds of mashed potatoes to America's Second Harvest, the nation's Food Bank network to help feed needy families.

David Timothy, also known as the Soup Man, yells out a last call for food and drink before leaving an area where homeless gather in downtown Dallas Nov. 18, 2004. On Thanksgiving Day, as he does every weekday, the 56-year-old Timothy will feed Dallas' homeless in memory of his wife, Peggy, who died recently after a long battle with multiple sclerosis.

Volunteer Bryen Nichols moves bags of potatoes during the annual Thanksgiving food giveaway at the Bread of Life Food Pantry in Wichita, Kan., Nov. 23, 2004. More than 1,000 low-income people were lined up when the doors opened at 9 a.m., and 8,000 were expected by the end of the day.

Travelers flying for the Thanksgiving holiday wait in lines and move through Logan International Airport in Boston Nov. 23, 2004, during one of the busiest travel times of the year.