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This feast was three days long.
How long was the first Thanksgiving Feast, held in 1621?
This practice improves sleep, psychological health, and physical health
What are some of the benefits of expressing gratitude?
This was the first character to appear as a balloon in the parade.
Who is Felix the Cat?
Felix, the "biggest star of his time," debuted in 1927. However, he was filled with air and not helium; instead of soaring above the New York City streets, he was held up by stilts. To commemorate the parade's 90th year in 2016, Felix made a triumphant return — again filled only with air and carried on stilts.
46 Million Turkeys are prepared.
How many Turkeys are prepared each year in the USA?
What is your favorite Thanksgiving dish?
My favorite Thanksgiving dish is_____YOUR ANSWER
The Wampanoag Tribe
What Native American tribe was the first to celebrate Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims?
Share something you are grateful for today!
I am grateful today for_____YOUR ANSWER
The first year this Thanksgiving event occurred was in 1924
When was the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?
200 Cranberries are used to make this.
How many cranberries are needed to make one can of cranberry sauce?
This event occurred at GFA year in 1925
The first Thanksgiving for GFA.
John F. Kennedy was the first.
Who was the first president to pardon a Turkey on Thanksgiving?
During this practice these four chemicals are emitted - Dopamine, Serotonin, Endorphins & Oxytocin
These 4 "feel-good" chemicals can surge up in your body when you’re promoting a positive mindset over a negative one. They all contribute to the feeling of closeness, connection and happiness.
The first year this Thanksgiving event occurred was in 1920.
When was the first NFL Thanksgiving game?
This food source lead to the creation of TV Dinners.
What are Thanksgiving leftovers? In 1953, C.A. Swanson & Sons overestimated how much turkey it was going to sell for Thanksgiving and ended up with 260 tons of leftover frozen turkey. A Swanson salesman named Gerry Thomas suggested the turkey be used in frozen dinners in aluminum trays. The following year, the company released what would become known as the first TV tray dinner.
30,000 local families are reached thanks to this person.
Who is Sue Wilchinsky? And what is the GFA Community Service Club - (upper and middle)? Sue Wilchinsky estimates that between the Bridgeport Social Services Department, Operation Hope, the Gillespie Center, and the Open Door Shelter “we're hopefully reaching about 30,000 families with our food.”
This president believed in “a wall of separation between Church and State” and that endorsing such celebrations as president would amount to a state-sponsored religious worship.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Share something or someone you are grateful for this year
I am grateful for____YOUR ANSWER
The city of Philadelphia was the first city to host this event.
The first Thanksgiving parade was hosted by the Philadelphia Gimbel Brothers Department Store in 1920. It would go on to inspire the famous Macy’s Day Thanksgiving Day Parade, which began in 1924.
This event was hosted in 1896 hosted by the YMCA in Buffalo, NY.
Where and when was the first city to host the first Turkey Trot?
In 1896, the first ever Turkey Trot was hosted by a YMCA in Buffalo, NY with just six contestants! The first person to win was Henry A. Allison, while Mary Anne Bolles was the first woman to run the race in 1972.
Share one of your family's favorite Thanksgiving traditions
One of my family's favorite tradition is____YOUR ANSWER