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This beloved Peanuts character is known for his zigzag shirt, his loyal dog Snoopy, and his famously unlucky attempts to kick a football.
Charlie Brown
What year was Thanksgiving made an official government sanctioned holiday?
1879
Canadian Thanksgiving is a statutory holiday EXCEPT in what Province/s?
Canadian Thanksgiving is a statutory holiday EXCEPT in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, PEI, and Newfoundland and Labrador in which it is an optional holiday.
Why do turkeys gobble?
Only male turkeys, or toms, can make a call known as a gobble. They mostly gobble in the spring and fall. It is a mating call that attracts the hens.
What sport do Americans watch on Thanksgiving?
Football
This sitcom centered on sportswriter Ray Barone, his wife Debra, and his famously meddling parents.
Everybody Loves Raymond
From 1921 to 1930, Thanksgiving was combined with which other observance?
Armistice Day (now Remembrance Day)
This dessert, made from a popular autumn squash, is traditionally served after the meal.
What is pumpkin pie?
What’s that weird wobbly thing on a turkey’s neck?
The loose red skin attached to the underside of a turkey’s beak is called a wattle. When the male turkey is excited, especially during mating season, the wattle turns a scarlet red.
Canadians sometimes include dishes with this sugary ingredient that comes from trees.
Mmmaple Syrup
This long-running sitcom was set in a Boston bar where “everybody knows your name.”
Cheers!
What was the name of the ship the Pilgrims boarded to journey to Plymouth, Massachusetts?
The Mayflower
A traditional stuffing for Thanksgiving turkey often includes this type of bread.
What is cornbread?
Is the turkey considered a game bird?
Yes, but the wild turkey is one of the more challenging game birds to hunt. Instead, hunters must try to attract it with different calls.
This Canadian national park, one of the oldest in the world, is a popular destination for Thanksgiving weekend getaways.
What is Banff National Park?
This Cheers spinoff followed a psychiatrist after he moved back to Seattle to host a radio call-in show.
Fraser
Which French explorer is credited with holding the first recorded Thanksgiving in Canada in 1606?
Sir Martin Frobisher - Arctic Expedition
Frobisher, an English explorer, held a formal ceremony to give thanks for his crew's safe return after attempting to find a northern passage to the Pacific Ocean. This event, often considered one of the first recorded instances of a Thanksgiving in Canada, took place in what is now known as Frobisher Bay in Nunavut.
These nuts are often used in making classic Thanksgiving pies.
What are pecans?
What is a baby turkey called?
A baby turkey is called a poult, chick, or even turklette. An adult male turkey is called a tom (an adolescent male is a jake), and a female is a hen.
Why does turkey make you sleepy?
The tryptophan in turkey promotes the production of serotonin, a "feel-good" neurotransmitter.
This classic sitcom followed the staff of a struggling radio station in this Ohio city.
WKRP in Cincinnati
A symbol of a bountiful harvest, this horn-shaped object is often depicted overflowing with food.
What is a cornucopia?
This root vegetable, often mashed with butter and cream, is also known as a "swede."
What is a rutabaga?
How long do turkeys live?
The average life span of a wild turkey is 3 or 4 years. It generally feeds on seeds, nuts, insects, and berries. The average life span of a domestic turkey, from birth to freezer, is 26 weeks.
This Canadian Thanksgiving parade, featuring floats and entertainment, is held in Kitchener-Waterloo.
What is the Oktoberfest Thanksgiving Parade?