Despite forecasts of severe rain in New York City and similarly chilly and rainy weather in Philadelphia, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is scheduled to go ahead. Millions of Americans are having their Thanksgiving travel plans disrupted by widespread winter weather advisories in 14 states,

While the tradition of the official turkey presentation began in 1947 when President Harry Truman was president, they were frequently gobbled up.

A storm and the first punch of winterlike chill will combine to cause Thanksgiving travel headaches across the eastern half of the United States as Mother Nature serves up a smorgasbord of sloppy weather.

Airports and highways are expected to be jam-packed during Thanksgiving week, a holiday period likely to end with another record day for air travel in the United States.