Thanksgiving Dates
When was the first Thanksgiving was celebrated?
a.) 1620
b.) 1621
c.) 1720
b.) 1980
b.) 1621
Where did the Colonists and Wampanoag Indians share the first Thanksgiving?
Plymouth, Massachusetts
What does Santa put in kids' stockings if they are bad?
Coal
Finish the lyric:
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire
________ _______ nipping at your nose
Yuletide carols being sung by a choir
And folks dressed up like Eskimos
Jack Frost
This amount of turkeys are sent to the White House each year on Thanksgiving.
Two
Who proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday on October 3, 1863? (hint: It's a president)
Abraham Lincoln
What is the average number of calories consumed on Thanksgiving?
a.) 9,000
b.) 7,000
c.) 4,500
d.) 2,300
c.) 4,500
True or False
Evergreen trees are edible.
True
Finish the lyric:
On the ninth day of Christmas
Nine ladies dancing, eight _______ a ________
Seven swans a swimming, six geese a laying, five gold rings, four calling birds, three French hens
Two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree
maids a milking
True or false:
Black Friday is the busiest shopping day of the year.
False!
The two days right before Christmas are.
Who proclaimed Thanksgiving to officially be on November 26, 1789? (hint: It's a president)
George Washington
What percentage of Americans say eating the Thanksgiving leftovers is more important than the meal?
a.) 30%
b.) 25%
c.) 80%
d.) 65%
Name all of Santa's 9 reindeer
Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blisten, and Rudolph
Finish the lyric:
There must have been some magic in
That old top hat they found
For when they placed it on his head
He began to _______ ________
dance around
64% of Americans believe this is the true meaning of Thanksgiving.
Spending time with family
What year did the tradition of football begin?
a.) 1876
b.) 1934
c.) 1776
d.) 1974
a.) 1876
Sarah Hale wrote letters to the president, asking him to make Thanksgiving a national holiday. What song is she known for writing?
a.) "The Star Spangled Banner"
b.) "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
c.) "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"
d.) "Jesus Loves Me."
b.) "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
In the Polar Express movie, what word does the conductor punch into the ticket of the kid with all the questions?
Believe
Finish the lyric:
You're a mean one
You really are a heel
You're as cuddly as a _______
You're as charming as an ______
cactus, eel
It is a tradition to eat ___ in Japan for Christmas.
KFC
What year did Macy have its very first “Big Christmas Parade” two weeks before Thanksgiving?
a.) 1952
b.) 1973
c.) 1924
d.) 1967
c.) 1924
How many turkeys are prepared for Thanksgiving in America?
a.) 1 million
b.) 20 million
c.) 46 million
d.) 100 million
c.) 46 million
What colors were Santa's original colors?
a.) purple, gold, red
b.) green, blue, red
c.) green, purple, blue
d.) red and green
c.) green, purple, blue
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
Just like the ones I used to know
Where the tree tops _______
And children _______
To hear ______ _______ in the snow, oh
glisten, listen, sleigh bells
A) 50 million
B) 1.6 billion
C) 700,000
D) 5 million
B) 1.6 billion