Thanksgiving Tradition and History
Today, many families watch this sport after eating Thanksgiving dinner.
Football
Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Special first aired in this year.
1973
Before the giant balloons, the parade featured live animals borrowed from this famous Zoo.
Central Park Zoo
In Friends episode "The One with All the Thanksgivings", this character puts the Turkey on their head.
Monica
In 2024, consumers spent the most money on this category of items collectively.
Electronics
This NFL team has played a Thanksgiving Day game every year since 1934, becoming a holiday tradition.
Detroit Lions
This platform aired the first Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Special.
CBS
The parade ends each year when this person arrives to kick off the holiday season.
Santa Claus
In Gossip Girl's episode "Blair Waldorf Must Pie!" (season 1), Dan invites Serena to the Humphrey family Thanksgiving dinner. Dan and Serena learn this secret.
That Rufus (Dan's father) and Lily (Serena's mother) were a couple back in the day.
In 2024, this device was most used by consumers to purchase deals during Cyber Monday.
Phones
This American president officially made Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863.
Abraham Lincoln
This character invites themselves to Charlie Brown's Thanksgiving dinner.
Peppermint Patty
Some parade balloons can reach the height of this many-story building.
Five stories
Bob Marley sings a famous song, titled "Give ___ & ___". This is the full name of the song.
Give Thanks & Praises
According to Adobe, the biggest online shopping day in U.S. history occurred in this year.
2020
This term refers to the president's tradition of sparing a turkey from being eaten.
Turkey pardon
At the end of the special, Snoopy and Woodstock break the Turkey's wishbone. This character gets the bigger piece.
Woodstock
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade started in this year.
1924
In the Modern Family episode "Three Turkeys" (Season 6), which two characters volunteer to make the Thanksgiving meal, and which character prepares a "backup Turkey"?
Phil and Luke volunteer. Claire prepares the backup Turkey.
The National Retail Federation (NRF) first coin the term "Cyber Monday" in this year.
2005
Unlike today's holiday dinners, the 1621 harvest feast likely included this large North American bird - but not turkey.
Duck (goose also acceptable)
These are two food/dishes that Charlie Brown serves for his Thanksgiving dinner (name two out of the four).
Buttered Toast, Pretzel Sticks, Jellybeans, Popcorn
This cartoon cat was the first-ever character balloon in 1927.
Felix the Cat
In this Holiday movie, a frantic Steve Martin is trying to get home for Thanksgiving and meets a friendly, but disaster-prone traveler along the way.
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
The term "Black Friday" originated in this city.
Philadelphia