Thursday, November 27, 2025

Thanksgiving edition: Eat, shop, then take a well-earned break

We're here to help you prepare for the biggest shopping days of the year. And then we offer ideas to help you unwind from the holiday madness. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 
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The Short List

Thu Nov 27 2025

 

Phaedra Trethan National Correspondent

@wordsbyphaedra

👋🏼 Put down the drumstick! I'm Phaedra Trethan, with a special edition of The Short List for your Thanksgiving pleasure. 🍗 🍗 🍗

This edition of the Short List is all tasty morsels of fun, including our favorite entertainment content and tips for Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping. 🛍️

Tomorrow and Monday are the biggest shopping days of the year. Our personal tip: Wear comfortable shoes! 👟 🥾
After all that cooking, cleaning, shopping and socializing, take a break and catch up with your favorite shows, movies and celebs. 📺 🌟 📽️ 🎙️

But first: This Ohio woman served up a feast for her neighborhood critters. Who showed up. 🐱 🦡

Shop smarter, not harder 🛍️ 🎁

Millions of shoppers will soon hit the stores — or their laptops and phones — to get the best deals on gifts for their loved ones (and maybe a few for themselves, too). USA TODAY is all over the retail map to help you navigate the stores and the web to get the best bang for your holiday bucks.

Watch: Five ways to stretch your holiday gifts budget 💰 💰 💰
The big retailers: Best deals at Walmart and Amazon.
Wanna get away from it all? Black Friday travel deals on flights, hotels, tours and more. ✈️ 🛳️ 🏝️
Gifts for the ones on your list who have a passion for fashion. 👠 👗 👔
Looking to replace that old laptop? 💻
The best gifts for your health-conscious loved ones.
Check out our Shopping page for more deals, gift ideas and tips to save money and time.

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We're here to help you find the best Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals.

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Take a break! You earned it.

Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday are also great days to unplug from the news (writes the news reporter who authors a daily newsletter about the news in between reading about and writing the actual news).

The best Christmas and holiday movies, ranked. (For us, it's a tie between "A Christmas Story" and "Nightmare Before Christmas.")
What made George Clooney choose fatherhood over fame.
Watch: Lainey Wilson talks about performing at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade.
Photos: Holiday red carpet looks over the years.

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Lainey Wilson rehearses for the 2025 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade rehearsals on November 25 in New York City.

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Phaedra Trethan is a national correspondent at USA TODAY. She'd love to hear from readers about The Short List, story ideas from across the nation and whether, like her, you ate way too much this week. Email her at ptrethan@usatoday.com.

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