Americans celebrate Thanksgiving on edge over world events

Americans celebrate Thanksgiving on edge over world events
Americans celebrate Thanksgiving on edge over world events

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Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - Macy's Santa Claus appears on the trading floor to celebrate the 97th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City November 22, 2023. — Reuters pic

NEW YORK, Nov 23 — Americans celebrate Thanksgiving today with heightened security measures in place and tensions running high over the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, potentially casting a shadow over a normally joyous holiday.

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War in the Middle East has prompted officials to take extra precautions at airports and shopping malls across the United States and along the route of New York’s signature Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

A quintessential American rite, Thanksgiving brings together family and friends for turkey dinner and watching the parade and American football on TV. It also marks the most intense week of the year for travel and start of the holiday shopping season on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. Both are seen as indicators for the health of the economy.

But this year the holiday takes place against the backdrop of a war that has provoked a surge in antisemitism and Islamophobia in the United States. The FBI has warned Congress that the threat of terrorist attacks are at the highest in nearly a decade.

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Reflecting the anxiety, a fiery car crash on a US-Canadian border bridge set off alarm bells on Wednesday before officials announced there was no connection to terrorism.

When asked about protests that may unfold during the Macy’s parade, New York Mayor Eric Adams told reporters the city respected free-speech rights but would not tolerate any disruption.

“You’re not going to destroy property, you’re not going to injure people,” Adams said yesterday.

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New York police said they were unaware of any specific or credible threats.

Adams encouraged New Yorkers and visitors to the city to spend money and “shop till you drop!” but slower economic demand has retailers concerned that the holiday season could prove lackluster.

“Consumer demand has been even more uneven and difficult to predict,” Best Buy Chief Executive Corie Barry said.

Thanksgiving Day as an official holiday dates to 1863, in the middle of the American Civil War, when President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday of November as a day to give thanks and seek healing.

US schoolchildren learn that the holiday roots trace back to the Pilgrims, who settled in modern-day Massachusetts at Plymouth Rock. In 1620 the newcomers celebrated the autumn harvest with the native Wampanoag people. For many Native Americans, however, Thanksgiving is a day of dark reflection about the genocide that followed. — Reuters

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