A festive mood has prevailed as the United States’s annual Thanksgiving parade made its way though New York’s crowded streets.

A study by the Pew Research Centre reported more people are accepting the view that wedding bells aren’t needed to have a family.

US President George W Bush has pardoned his last Thanksgiving turkey,which will now fly first-class to Disneyland in California.

The US consumer freeze deepened on Wednesday as a fall in spending gave the Thanksgiving shopping season its worst possible start.