What the Fork?!
This orange vegetable dish is often topped with marshmallows.
Sweet potatoes/Yams
The first Thanksgiving is traditionally linked to this group of early settlers.
Pilgrims
This New York parade features giant balloons and is watched by millions on Thanksgiving morning.
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
This month is the only one in the U.S. that includes Thanksgiving.
November
This NFL team has played on Thanksgiving every year since 1934.
Detroit Lions
This tart red fruit is used to make a common Thanksgiving sauce.
Cranberries
The first Thanksgiving feast was held in this colony, later becoming part of this U.S. state.
Plymouth / Massachusetts
This sitcom famously has multiple Thanksgiving episodes, including the one where Monica puts a turkey on her head.
Friends
This large bird is the most common centerpiece of a Thanksgiving meal.
Turkey
This other NFL team joined the traditional Thanksgiving lineup in 1966.
Dallas Cowboys
This savory mixture, sometimes cooked inside the turkey, comes in cornbread or bread cube versions.
Stuffing (or dressing)
This famous rock in Plymouth is often (incorrectly) tied to the landing of the Pilgrims.
Plymouth Rock
In this Peanuts special, Snoopy makes toast, popcorn, and pretzels for Thanksgiving dinner.
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
This bone, found inside a turkey, is snapped for good luck.
Wishbone
This network broadcasts the annual Thanksgiving night NFL game as part of its “Sunday Night Football” brand.
NBC
This dessert is often considered the most iconic Thanksgiving pie in America.
Pumpkin Pie
These Indigenous people shared a harvest feast with the Pilgrims.
Wampanoag
This holiday movie features a chaotic road trip as a man tries to get home for Thanksgiving and stars Steve Martin and John Candy.
Planes, Trains & Automobiles
This U.S. president made Thanksgiving a permanent national holiday in 1863.
Abraham Lincoln
This term for a casual backyard football game is popular on Thanksgiving.
Turkey Bowl
This hot seasonal drink is made by simmering apple cider with spices like cinnamon and cloves.
Mulled Cider
This U.S. president temporarily moved Thanksgiving earlier by a week in 1939, hoping to boost holiday shopping during the Great Depression.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
This 1960s TV show famously released a Thanksgiving-themed episode titled “Turkeys Away,” featuring the disastrous promotion where turkeys were dropped from a helicopter.
WKRP in Cincinnati
This term describes the mass travel that happens the day before Thanksgiving—America’s busiest travel day of the year.
Thanksgiving Eve
This quarterback threw for the most passing touchdowns in a single Thanksgiving Day game.
Tony Romo