It’s ALMOST HERE. You may start freaking out now. Thanksgiving is this Thursday the 26th. Here are some tips for surviving the season.

EVENTS: From the top, the annual traditions of Macys and Football continue.

This year’s Macy’s Day Thanksgiving Parade has a new parade route. This year’s route follows 77th Street to Central Park, goes onto 7th street to 42nd, turns onto 6th avenue and ends at Herald Square.

Coverage on NBC starts at 9 am. This year, expect to see Carly Simon, Gloria Gaynor, Jane Krakowski (of 50 Rock), Mitchel Musso, Jimmy Fallon and the Roots, Ziggy and Judah Marley and Katharine McPhee.

If watching the best examples of your furry friends is high on your list, stay tuned after the parade for the 2009 National Dog Show, hosted by John O’Hurley. An interesting fact from the NDS, ” In order to win “Best in Show” a dog must first be judged the dog must first be judged the best of many dog shows of its same breed competing in the show. Some breeds have more than 100 dogs entered”.

If the pigskin is more your game, NFL fans can see three different games this year (all times are EST).

• Green Bay plays at Detroit (12:30, FOX)
• Oakland plays at Dallas (4:15, CBS)
• New York Giants plays in Denver (8:20, NFL Network)

If you prefer college games,

• Texas vs. Texas A&M, (8:00, ESPN)

FOOD & ENTERTAINING: The Butterball turkey hotline is open for your questions. Phone operators have heard it all. Call at 1-800-288-8372. Each of the operators, “holds a degree in either dietetics or home economics, roughly half of which are Masters-level. The most frequent question asked is how long a turkey takes to defrost”.
Butterball is also giving a $2.00 off coupon for a whole Butterball turkey. The coupon is good until the end of 2009.

Also check out Martha Stewart’s Thanksgiving Guide, as well as Oprah Winfrey’s tips.

Worried about making a good first impression? Check out these links for Thanksgiving Etiquette:

• Etiquette Grrls
• Press Release, K-State.edu
• InfoZine

Here’s to a good, happy, healthy Thanksgiving!

-The ShopWatchBuy Staff

P.S. Worried about Tryptophan, the drug that allegedly makes you sleepy from eating turkey? Get the record straight from Webmd.

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