New York, November 23-25 – We’re thankful that celebrities don’t stop working even for the Thanksgiving holiday, so we ventured out between bites of turkey and TV football, and rustled up a holiday roundup.

Colin Farrell introduced a new “interactive Alexander Experience” at Madam Tussaud’s Times Square location on Tuesday, far enough in advance for visitors to regain their appetites by Thursday’s big feast. We’re not sure exactly what “interactive” means, but what can you do with a life-sized wax version of Colin Farrell? Anyway, Colin did what you’re all thinking, and lifted the Alexanderesque skirt, bent for a look and gave us a nod of approval, implying that the image is “authentic”. Check this out at your own risk.

More in the spirit of the holiday, Mariah Carey spent Thanksgiving eve serving up cornbread at a Fresh Air Fund dinner at a Brooklyn church. Mariah wore an apron embroidered with "Mimi", her alleged new name. She later sat at a table with the preacher and a little girl, and bopped along to a gospel choir concert.

The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade put a lot of hardworking celebs out on the street. Fantasia, Jimmy Smits, Jose Feliciano, Joe Namath, Barenaked Ladies and country-music sensation Julie Roberts all rode down Broadway on floats. Ryan Cabrera had the biggest hair. Steve Irwin, host of the cable TV show The Crocodile Hunter, rode astride a giant crocodile. Being Australian, he was no doubt not otherwise engaged on this solely American holiday.