The holidays are coming full steam ahead, with Thanksgiving Day a few days away.
Temperatures will be warmer than last week, with highs up to 83 degrees in some areas. Travelers can see real-time wait times on the MyTSA app, at Palm Beach International and Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airports. And some stores are opening bright and early after Thanksgiving for Black Friday.
Whether you plan to travel or bundle up at home, spend the day knee-deep in pots and pans or kick your feet up and order takeout, here’s a guide to everything Turkey Day.
Happy Turkey Day! Here’s what’s open, closed on Thanksgiving Day
Before stuffing your turkeys, and your bellies, check out what will be open or closed on the holiday. Last-minute ingredients can be purchased at Whole Foods while quick stops can be made at some CVS pharmacies during limited holiday hours. And if you don’t feel like cooking, avoid the stress; we’ve gathered 25 restaurants that are happy to fix up a Thanksgiving feast for you.
Here’s what’s open and closed on Thanksgiving Day in Palm Beach County and what will reopen for Black Friday.
Read full story: Will Publix, Costco be open on Thanksgiving Day? What’s open, closed on Thursday
Don’t want to cook? Best 25 PBC restaurants for a perfect Thanksgiving
Whether your idea of the perfect Thanksgiving Dinner is a beautifully roasted turkey sitting centerpiece on the table, a gorgeous ham seductively sliced and waiting or even the overlooked, but wildly delicious, standing rib roast, this is the time of year to show off your prowess in the kitchen and dazzle family and friends with a meal Martha Stewart herself would stand in awe of.
Unless, however… you need a break. Or, you really, really are terrible in the kitchen. Now, y’all without sin can cast the first stone, but some people just shine in other areas. Seriously.
Teach higher math to doctoral students, but can’t boil an egg? It’s OK. Know how to take apart a transmission and replace the torque converter, but have trouble making a box of mac and cheese? It’s OK, and there are plenty of solutions.
Here are 25 places that will do the cooking for you whether you bring it home and reheat it or leave the kitchen completely:
Read full story: 25 best Palm Beach County restaurants to make your Thanksgiving dinner extra happy
Will it be cold for Thanksgiving in Florida, Palm Beach County? Here’s the forecast for the holiday week
6-10 day temperature outlook for Nov. 25-29, 2024.
Wintry-ish weather has arrived. Will it stay frosty through Thanksgiving?
That’s an important thing to know since a record 4.5 million Floridians are expected to travel 50 miles or more, according to AAA, part of an astounding 80 million travelers during the holiday this year. What will they be driving or flying through?
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Thanksgiving travel: Tips for PBIA, finding where traffic is snarled
Anyone in Palm Beach County dreading their flights for Thanksgiving can take comfort in the fact that the two most popular airports for county residents have relatively fast security lines and not many flight delays.
Security wait times at Palm Beach International Airport and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport rarely exceed 15 minutes, even during the Thanksgiving holiday, according to the Transportation Security Administration.
“For Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach, I haven’t seen a reportable wait time for quite a while,” TSA spokesperson Mark Howell said. Passenger traffic at the airports has risen 6% to 7% over the past year, he said. When wait times at security lines exceed 15 minutes, TSA must log that in their records, he said.
Read full story: Thanksgiving travel: Tips for getting there at PBIA and finding where traffic is snarled
More: Spirit Airlines files for bankruptcy. Here’s what that means for your Thanksgiving travel
When do Black Friday deals start in Florida? See shopping hours, what’s closed, open
Black Friday is still two weeks away, but many retailers have already started slashing prices for one of the biggest shopping days of the year.
Many stores no longer open for Black Friday on Thanksgiving, to give employees and shoppers more time with their families on Thursday. But with the later openings come earlier sales, starting before Thanksgiving Thursday.
Here are the stores that are running early Black Friday sales and their hours for Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday.
Read full story: When do Black Friday deals start in Florida? See shopping hours, what’s closed, open
Ashley Ferrer is a journalist at The Palm Beach Post, part of the USA TODAY Florida Network. Help support our journalism. Subscribe today.
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