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President Barack Obama makesThanksgiving Day phone calls to U.S. troops, from the Oval Office in this photo provided by the White House.

Washington (CNN) -- President Obama celebrated his favorite holiday -- Thanksgiving -- with phone calls to U.S. troops, something he often does to mark the holiday.

He spoke with representatives from the Army, Air Force, Marines, Navy and Coast Guard to express his appreciation for their service, including their work to stamp out Ebola and to defeat ISIS.

The First Family, joined by other family members, was set to feast on a dinner of thyme-roasted turkey, honey-baked ham, cornbread stuffing, oyster stuffing, braised winter greens, sweet potato gratin, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, dinner rolls and macaroni and cheese. Mac and Cheese also happened to be the names of the two 20-week old, 48-pound turkeys the president pardoned on Wednesday as part of the 67th anniversary of the National Thanksgiving Turkey.

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A self-proclaimed pie lover, Obama and the rest of his family will enjoy a plethora of pies for dessert, including banana cream pie, coconut cream pie, pumpkin pie, apple pie, pecan pie and cherry pie.

The Obamas spent Wednesday afternoon in Southeast Washington passing out food and Thanksgiving greetings to people at Bread for the City, an organization that serves the needy. They were joined by Mrs. Obama's mother Marion Robinson.

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By Alexandra Jaffe, CNN

updated 6:23 PM EST, Wed November 26, 2014

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Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama pardoned the national Thanksgiving turkey with a smile on Wednesday, but he admitted before saving the bird from it's likely demise that he found the decades-old tradition somewhat "puzzling."

"It is a little puzzling that I do this every year, but I will say that I enjoy it because with all the tough stuff that swirls around in this office it's nice once in a while just to say, 'Happy Thanksgiving,'" he said.

And with a wink and a nod, the president also made joking reference to the controversy dogging his administration over his unilateral move to offer protection from deportation to some 5 million immigrants in the U.S. illegally.

"I am here to announce what I'm sure will be the most talked about executive action this month. Today I am taking an action that is fully within my legal authority," he said to laughter from the crowd, in reference not to the immigration move, but the turkey pardon.

Joined by his teenage daughters, Obama went on to pardon Cheese, the turkey chosen by Americans as this year's national Thanksgiving turkey via Twitter.

The nearly 50-pound snow-white turkey calmly accepted the president's pardon as flashbulbs burst and officials looked on.

Cheese and his alternate turkey, Mac, were both raised by National Turkey Federation Chairman Gary Cooper's son Cole, both of whom were in attendance at the ceremony Wednesday.

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