美國人歡度感恩節

Americans are marking the annual Thanksgiving holiday Thursday with family gatherings, meals and bargain shopping.

Feasts centering on turkeys with an array of traditional sides and desserts are a tradition for the holiday that falls on the fourth Thursday in November.

On the eve of the holiday, U.S. President Barack Obama and his family handed out food to clients of a center in Washington that provides food, clothing and other services to the poor.

Earlier in the day, Mr. Obama followed a specifically presidential tradition of "pardoning" a turkey. The White House ran an online contest in the past week asking people to vote on which bird should get the pardon, "Cheese" or fellow turkey "Mac." While Cheese won the official pardon, both turkeys - each weighing about 23 kilograms - will be spared the chopping block.美國人星期四與家人團聚，享用美餐，購買打折商品，歡度感恩節。

感恩節大餐以火雞爲主，加上一些傳統配餐和餐後小吃。這是感恩節的傳統。感恩節是每年11月的第4個星期四。

在感恩節前夕，美國總統奧巴馬及其家人來到華盛頓一個向窮人提供食品、衣服和其他服務的中心，爲人們分發食品。

星期三早些時候，奧巴馬依照歷任美國總統的一項特別傳統，“赦免”了一隻火雞。作爲“赦免”候選者的是兩隻火雞，一隻叫“奶酪”，另一隻叫“邁克”。一星期來，白宮舉辦了一次網上投票，讓人們投票決定“赦免”哪隻火雞。雖然“奶酪”最終勝出，但“邁克”也被一道“赦免”了。