Some organize potluck dinners instead of jumping to celebrate together. Others stay at home instead of flying. And a little jumping turkey completely.
To that sank the fourth of Thanksgiving, as the economy, prices of everything from aircraft flights for groceries is rising, and some Americans reduce theirs. But in many households is the reason for the importance of saving. Said one mother: "I do not have much to give, but I will be cooking, and the door will be opened."
Thanksgiving fares are up 20% this year and the average price of a gallon of gasoline rose nearly 20% after the AAA travel tracker. However, about 42.5 million people are expected to travel, the highest number since the beginning of the recession.
But even those who choose to stay home and cook for themselves are likely to spend more. A 16-pound turkey and all the trimmings will cost an average of $ 49.20, up 13% since last year, or about $ 5.73 more, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation, who said food have increased prices to keep pace with higher prices for goods.
In Pawtucket, Rhode Island, Jackie Galinis was among those seeking help to put a meal on the table. He stopped at a community center this week, in search of food donated basketball. But when he arrived, all 300 turkeys to apply.
So Galini, an unemployed retail will be content of what is in his apartment. "We'll have to eat what I am, so I think chicken," she said.
Then his eyes lit up. "In fact, I think I have red meat in the freezer, some canned meat. Could make dinner."
Galini has another reason to empty the freezer apartment: The owner is in the process to evict her and her son three years old. The unemployment rate in Pawtucket, a city struggling with the loss of manufacturing jobs, 12.1%, well above the national average.
Carole Goldsmith in Fresno, California, decided that he should not be a party, although it is still in the room.
Goldsmith, an administrator of the Community College in Coalinga, California, said that usually hosts' over-the-top meal "to friends and relatives. This year, he canceled the dinner and donated a dozen turkeys in two shelters for the homeless. He intends to spend a Thursday before volunteering to hold a small celebration on Friday, soup, bread, "and a lot of gratitude."
"I believe that all is well," he said. "They understand. Everyone is in a different place than a year ago."
In the suburbs of Chicago, was Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry to get rid of the turkey completely. Last year, the Office had a lottery to distribute 600 turkeys in October from nearly 1,500 families.
Pantry management decided to give his family a choice of other meats - ground turkey, chicken sticks, sliced fish, and hamburgers - with other ornaments of a Thanksgiving holiday. The decision will save $ 16 000, money that could go to feed the hungry for the rest of the year.
"Let us turkeys and hams to half the population, or should we give them to any of them and put the money in the budget conventional food?" Galley said CEO Kathy Russell.
Andrew Thomas, an e-mail to employees of a law firm in Washington, DC, had hoped to take his two sons to see his grandmother in North Carolina. But with Christmas around the corner, Thomas concluded that he had to save money.
"We're just going to eat really good, and stay home this year," he said.
But George Gorham and his fiancee, Patricia Horner was not discouraged. They landed in Washington, DC, from the West Coast and plans to hire a car to get to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to visit his son Gorham, an army sergeant. They used miles and planned to use in turn to see the tourist attractions of the nation's capital.
Gorham said he still would have made the trip without his faithful flyer miles, but "it would be painful."
In Juneau, Alaska, Silides Rev. George and his wife to Turkey for dinner church, but not much else. Like millions of other Silides said the couple was "feeling the economic effects".
Juneau, the capital of Alaska is an expensive place to live. The only way in or out is by air or boat. Silides woman "is now working as an English teacher to support their family of six.
In previous years, Stacy Hansen will host a Thanksgiving meal at home or fly to Florida to be with his family in Minnesota. Not this year.
Hansen and his teenage son still at home in Tarpon Springs, Florida, near Tampa. Elected a 10-pound turkey and two frozen, buy one get one free cakes in the supermarket. She can not afford to fly herself and her son to the north, and their two adult children can not afford to fly to Florida.
"There will be a quiet Thanksgiving," she said. "We will be grateful for what we have."
Galini similar plans to stay with what she can find.
"Even if I only had two nickels to rub together, I would like to do something," he said. "I do not have much to give, but I am cooking, and the door is open."
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