Papas
This state - home to the Broncos - is the largest producer of potatoes in the U.S.
Idaho
The floral-scented Pasadena Rose Parade is a yearly tradition that always takes place on this day.
New Year's Day
The first Thanksgiving Day matchup of 2025 is between the Packers and the Lions, both of whom currently trail this team in the NFC North division standings.
The Chicago Bears
If you're looking to cook up a Thanksgiving dessert like Pecan Pie, you'll need brown sugar, which gets its color from this added ingredient.
Molasses
If you're overtaken with a generous holiday spirit, you may find yourself wanting to "pay it forward," said another as this.
"Give back."
The country where french fries were invented.
Belgium
This Tony-Award winning musical follows a Jewish factory manager wrongly accused of murdering a teenage employee in 1913 Georgia.
Parade
The NFL branded their Thanksgiving matchups as "The Thanksgiving Classic," until the passing of this legendary coach and announcer in 2021, prompting the league to rename the "Thanksgiving Celebration" after him.
John Madden
This utensil, named after a different starch, is often used to make a creamy side dish version of one of our other categories.
A ricer
Give up
Grey Goose
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade route goes along 4 different streets in Manhattan. This is one of them. (Name any you'd like)
8th Ave/Central Park West, 59th St, 34th St or 6th Ave
In "The One with the Football," these two Friends characters name themselves captains for a not-so-friendly game of touch football on Thanksgiving.
Ross and Monica
This spice derives from the Crocus flower and is widely considered to be the most expensive spice in the world.
Saffron
In the face of someone being ridiculous, you may ask them to do this - though it's not like you'll be getting a paid 30 minute lunch.
"Give me a break"
A fried favorite at Christmas markets, its German name is "Kartoffelpuffer," but in America we often call them this alliterative name.
Potato Pancakes
On his "Day Off," Ferris Bueller interrupts a parade through downtown Chicago and gets everyone dancing to this Beatles' tune.
Twist and Shout
Princeton University and Yale University
Every good chef knows the basis for any soup starts with onion, celery and carrot, more efficiently described with this french term.
Mirepoix
It's all about balance when it comes to this phrase. A bit of tension and compromise between you and me to find a good middle ground.
Brits are known to call American french fries, "chips," but what do they call potato chips? This!
Crisps
The first-ever Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade took place on November 27th of this year. Here's a hint: the last two digits add up to 6.
1924
This expansion team is the only one in the NFL to never have played a game on Thanksgiving Day.
Jacksonville Jaguars
Traditionally made from volcanic rock, a molcajete can be found in most Mexican kitchens and is often used to make this.
Guacomole or Salsa
A sworn-by phrase in parenting or teaching, it's the idea that you should hold firm to the standards you set. Otherwise the little ones you oversee will take things down a slippery slope.
"Give 'em an inch, they'll take a mile."