TSA Bans Magic 8 Balls, Approves Lightsabers for Carry-On Duel at 30,000 Feet

KEY POINTS

•FAA predicts this Thanksgiving travel season might be the busiest in 15 years, increasing TSA scrutiny.
•TSA prohibits liquids over 3.4oz in carry-ons, banning soups, magic 8 balls, and large snow globes.
•English Christmas crackers with gunpowder are banned from both carry-on and checked luggage due to flammability risks.
•TSA bans foam swords from carry-on but allows lightsabers, and also restricts Nerf guns to checked bags.

This Thanksgiving travel season, possibly the busiest in 15 years according to FAA, sees TSA playing Santa with a twist: magic 8 balls dispensing doom ('Outlook not so good'), but Jedi lightsabers getting a free pass onboard! While weak tea like soup over 3.4oz gets sentenced to checked bags, cast-iron skillets face weapon suspicion for potential skillet-shanking. Surprisingly, British holiday favorites 'Christmas crackers' with tiny gunpowder explosions are banned outright from flights, categorized with sparklers and fireworks, proving gunpowder gets no holiday pass. Nerf guns and foam swords inspire armchair rebel alike, banned in carry-ons but cleared in checked bags, rounding this festive chaos with bizarre, selective weapon logic.