If you love pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving and use canned pumpkin in your recipe, it might be time to start thinking about making an apple pie instead. Heavy rains that persisted throughout the 13-week pumpkin harvest in Morton, Illinois, making it difficult to pick the entire crop. As a result, less pumpkin has been picked and canned, leading to an anticipated shortage of LIBBY’S pumpkin products as the holidays approach.

Thanksgiving dinner can be made for a reasonable cost, but the 2009 dinner will cost consumers just a little bit more than last year. According to the Associated Food & Petroleum Dealers (AFPD), the average price to purchase and prepare the ingredients for a traditional turkey dinner for 10 people is $41.14 ($4.11 per person)--up from $39.70 for 10 or $3.97 per person in 2008.

Teachers, parents and homeschoolers are looking for Thanksgiving themed school worksheets, word searches, coloring pages and math worksheets are easy to find on the Internet. Just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday, many websites have free Thanksgiving worksheets and activities that will keep students busy as the holiday season begins.

Looking for the Most Popular Thanksgiving Dessert Ideas? Pumpkin Pie, Homemade Apple Pie, Pumpkin Cheesecake, Chocolate French Silk Pie, New York Style Strawberry Cheesecake, Chocolate Pecan Pie, Cherry Pie and even Christmas Cookies are the the list. A quick Google search brought up an amazing number of baking websites that specialize in desserts. With Thanksgiving and Christmas being the main focus at this time of year, you'll no doubt find plenty to keep everyone happy.

Internet travel company Orbitz release the Insider Index that lists the busiest airports in the U.S. for Thanksgiving 2009. The Index also reveals the least busy airports which may help travelers who have not purchased a ticket yet so they can decide what their best route will be.

Martha is selling her own Thanksgiving turkeys for dinner this year. Make Thanksgiving menu planning a little easier by ordering Martha Stewart's all natural, hormone-free turkey. Just add homemade stuffing, and it's ready to pop in the oven. Having a ready-to-cook turkey delivered to the front door is one less thing to think about, and Martha makes it so easy.

The annual "Thanksgiving Hotline" on SIRIUS XM Radio's Martha Stewart Living Radio show will air over the course of three days -- November 23, 24 and 25, 2009. More than 30 top chefs and entertaining experts will broadcast tips, tricks, recipes, and kitchen secrets while answering holiday cooking questions from callers.

The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City officially kicks off the 2009 holiday season. For the first time in many years, the parade route has been changed so that spectators can get the best view of the 83rd Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

AirTran Airways has been offering helpful holiday travel tips for eight years. With surcharges, baggage fees and even a fee for seat reservation, the price of travel is a major stress for travelers. AirTran Airways keeps offering their tips for holiday travel each year in hopes that some of that stress will be reduced.

From turkey to pumpkin pie, preparations for Thanksgiving day meals are underway all over the country. With just a bit of extra planning, Thanksgiving can be an opportunity to add some great superfoods to the table for all to enjoy while adding some healthy choices to the holiday menu.

Deep Fried Turkey is extremely moist and tender, with a crispy, golden brown skin. Every year more backyard cooks deep fry a Thanksgiving turkey. In the next few weeks, this will be one of the most searched for Thanksgiving recipes on the internet. Alton Brown of The Food Network explains in his video how deep frying a turkey is delicious and easy, provided you follow the directions. Despite the fact that deep fried turkey is cooked in 4-5 gallons of oil, the turkey is not greasy.