As someone who travels for leasure to soccer and college volleyball games I am happy the last FIFA date for an international match is about mid November so I get home just in time, but thanksgiving week is usually conference tournament week in college volleyball. Hope I never find myself flying on the Sunday after thanksgiving.
Last year I flew on Thanksgiving day and the TSA checkpoint wasn't very long in PHX, but still took longer than it should have due to all the people trying to walk through with crap in their pockets.