Airlines cancel thousands of holiday weekend flights, blaming Omicron

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Travelers were left relating to the lyrics of the saddest Christmas song — "I'll Be Home for Christmas (If Only in My Dreams)" — due to thousands of canceled flights going into the holiday weekend.

Airlines canceled more than 2,000 flights globally on Thursday, with another 3,000 canceled on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, The Washington Post reports.

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