Thanksgiving Pop-Culture
This giant balloon-filled holiday parade happens every Thanksgiving morning in New York City.
What is the Macy Thanksgiving Day Parade?
This group of settlers celebrated the “First Thanksgiving” with the Wampanoag people in 1621.
The Pilgrims
This vegetable is the main ingredient in the classic Thanksgiving pie.
What is Pumpkin?
This biblical king wrote many Psalms of thanksgiving and praise.
Who is David?
This was the year that Smith was born.
What is 2024?
This sitcom’s famous “Turkey on the head” scene appeared in a Thanksgiving episode.
What is Friends?
This U.S. president made Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Often cooked inside a turkey, this dish is sometimes called dressing when prepared separately.
What is Stuffing?
This New Testament apostle often thanked God for the churches he wrote to.
Who is Paul?
This is how many years PZ has been a youth pastor.
What is 5 Years?
In A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, this character makes toast and popcorn instead of a traditional dinner.
Who is Charlie Brown?
Before settling in Plymouth, the Pilgrims traveled on this famous ship.
This Thanksgiving side dish was created in 1955 by the Campbell Soup Company and became popular after appearing on the back of soup cans.
What is Green Bean Casserole?
In the book of Jonah, Jonah gives thanks to God while inside this creature.
What is a Big Fish?
What is Shalom?
This NFL team has hosted a Thanksgiving Day game every year since 1934.
Who are the Detroit Lions?
This state is where the Pilgrims held the first Thanksgiving celebration.
What is Massachusetts?
This traditional Native American dish, made from cracked dried corn boiled until soft, was eaten long before the Pilgrims arrived and is sometimes served at Thanksgiving.
What is Corn Pudding (Hasty Pudding)?
In Luke 17, only this many lepers returned to thank Jesus after being healed.
What is only One?
This is the number of years Creg has been serving at VFC.
This 1987 comedy film stars Steve Martin and John Candy trying to get home for Thanksgiving.
What is Planes, Trains, and Automobiles?
This U.S. president was the first to “pardon” a Thanksgiving turkey, starting a tradition later continued by many presidents.
Who is President Harry S. Truman?
This Native American crop trio: corn, beans, and squash, was traditionally grown together.
What are the Three Sisters?
This Old Testament feast celebrated after the harvest is sometimes considered a biblical “thanksgiving.”
What is the Feast of Tabernacles? (or Sukkot)
This is the number of posts the VY Instagram has.
What is (roughly) 2,000?