Traditions
Big Event to Watch on TV
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Most Popular Side Dish
Mashed Potatoes
Person that declared Thanksgiving a National Holiday
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Price of Turkey 10-16 lbs
$13.14 average
Canada, Germany, Japan, Korea, etc.
Race that People Participate in.
Turkey Trot
Most Common Dessert
Pumpkin Pie
How many turkeys are consumed on thanksgiving?
>46 million
Cost of 5 lbs of Potatoes
$2.47
What month does Canada and Germany Celebrate Thanksgiving?
October
Biggest Sport to Watch on Thanksgiving Day
What is American Football?
Most Common Food to Eat
Turkey
Which State Supplies the Turkeys?
Minnesota
$1.50
What do Germans Eat instead of Turkey?
Chicken, Roosters, Geese
People at the First Thanksgiving
Who are the Pilgrims and Wampanoag Native Americans?
Superstition done with a bone
Wishbone Wishes
When was green bean casserole invented?
1955 by Campbells Soup Company
Premade 10" Pumpkin Pie Cost
What does Puerto Rico Eat for thanksgiving?
There is usually turkey—whether a roasted, seasoned pavochón or a turkey stuffed with mofongo (a mashed plantain dish)—but roast pork is also a common item on the menu, accompanied with more plaintains, rice and beans.
Year the First Thanksgiving happened.
What is 1600s (1621)
The Food served at the First Thanksgiving Dinner
Deer, Corn, Onions, Beans, Lettuce, Spinach, Cabbage, Carrots, Peas, Blueberries, Grapes, Raspberries, Fish, Shellfish, etc.
This was invented because of unsold turkeys after thanksgiving.
TV Dinners
Cost of a Turkey Carver Machine
$23
What do the Japanese do for Thanks?
They have people volunteer in community, children write cards to local workers (police, firemen, etc.).