Thanksgiving Fun Facts
This day after Thanksgiving is famous for huge shopping sales?
What is Black Friday?
Families place these on altars to remember their loved ones through memories.
What are photos?
Many families watch this sport on TV after Thanksgiving dinner.
What is football?
This Mexican holiday is celebrated on November 1st and 2nd.
What is Día de los Muertos?
This is the most traditional main dish served at most Thanksgiving dinners.
What is a turkey?
Americans eat about 50 millions of these desserts on Thanksgiving.
What is pumpkin pie?
Día de los Muertos originated in this country.
What is Mexico?
This activity involves breaking a dried turkey bone for good luck.
What is pulling the wishbone?
Families build these special displays to honor loved ones who have passed.
What is an ofrenda (altar)?
This creamy side dish is made from potatoes and often topped with gravy.
What is mashed potatoes?
This bird can run up to 20 miles per hour.
What is a turkey?
People paint their faces like these to honor ancestors.
What are calaveras (skulls)?
Families often go around the table and share these positive reflections.
What are the things they are thankful for?
People often visit these places to clean and decorate graves.
What are cemeteries?
This dessert is made from a sweet orange vegetable and is a Thanksgiving favorite.
What is pumpkin pie?
This U.S. state raises the most turkeys every year?
This holiday celebrates life, not this.
What is death?
The President “pardons” one of these animals every Thanksgiving.
What is a turkey?
These colorful paper banners decorate altars and streets during the holiday.
What is papel picado?
This dish is made from bread cubes, herbs, and broth, and is cooked inside or outside the turkey.
What is stuffing (or dressing)?
This U.S president made Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863?
Who is Abraham Lincoln
This skeleton woman dressed in fancy clothes has become an icon of the holiday.
Who is La Catrina?
This famous parade with balloons and floats is broadcast from New York City.
What is the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade?
These orange flowers, known as “the flower of the dead,” guide spirits home.
What are marigolds (cempasúchil)?
This sweet-tart red sauce is served alongside turkey.
What is cranberry sauce?