Thanksgiving History
This country’s Congress fixed Thanksgiving’s annual observance to the fourth Thursday of November in 1941.
What is the United States?
Deep-fried, roasted, or smoked, this bird is the culinary star of most modern Thanksgiving tables.
What is turkey?
Cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves are key spices in this Thanksgiving dessert.
What is pumpkin pie?
From Snoopy to SpongeBob, the giant character balloons in this annual event delight children and adults alike each year.
What is the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade?
Pumpkins, gourds, and these often-crunchy items are staples of festive fall displays and backyard piles.
What are leaves?
President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1941 law fixed Thanksgiving’s date within this autumn month.
What is November?
If you were speaking fluent Turkey on Thanksgiving, this doubled phrase is what you’d be saying.
What is gobble gobble?
This Native American crop, was one of the first foods served at the original Thanksgiving.
What is corn?
Thanksgiving in the U.S. wouldn’t be complete without turkey, pie, and this gridiron pastime.
What is football?
Also called the harvest season, this period marks the transition from the warmth of summer to the cold of winter and is associated with Thanksgiving and Halloween in the Northern Hemisphere.
What is fall or autumn?
After a 66-day Atlantic crossing, this vessel delivered the Pilgrims to the land where the first Thanksgiving story begins.
What is the Mayflower?
The bright red, bumpy skin under a turkey’s chin is called this, and it can change color with the bird’s mood.
What is a wattle?
Often boiled with sugar and sometimes orange zest, this member of the Vaccinium Genus became a classic Thanksgiving side dish centuries after the first Pilgrims’ feast.
What are cranberries?
This formal act, now an annual Thanksgiving ritual, was first widely popularized during the Reagan administration but has roots in earlier presidential ceremonies sparing a domestic fowl.
What is pardon it or save it?
This autumnal observance, whose name means ‘the evening before All Hallows,’ originated as a ritual to ward off spirits and mark seasonal transitions in early Celtic societies.
What is Halloween?
This U.S. president made Thanksgiving a national holiday.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Despite their size, wild turkeys can run up to this speed in miles per hour.
What is 20 mph?
Americans consume over 50 million pounds of this sweet tuber each Thanksgiving, frequently served with browns sugar, cinnamon and marshmallows.
What are sweet potatoes or yams?
At many modern Thanksgiving feasts, families uphold this centuries-old ritual, which involves speaking aloud about the positives in one’s life before sampling the holiday fare.
What is say what they’re thankful for?
Colonial Americans often drank this fermented or fresh beverage made from a pressed fruit, which later became a non-alcoholic seasonal favorite at Thanksgiving.”
What is apple cider?
The Native Americans who helped the Pilgrims were called this tribe.
Who are the Wampanoag?
This five-letter word describes a turkey at the earliest stage of life—long before it’s stuffing-worthy.
What is a poult?
This side dish was invented in 1955 by Campbell’s Soup as a way to promote canned soup and fried onions.
What is green bean casserole?
This U.S. state produces the most turkeys in the country each year — more than 40 million!
What is Minnesota?
This photosynthetic pigment’s reduction in leaves each autumn allows the red and orange pigments to dominate, contributing to classic fall scenery.
What is Chlorophyll?