Thanksgiving Parade
What store sponsors the annual thanksgiving parade?
Macy's
What state do the most sweet potatoes?
North Carolina
True or False: Is Thanksgiving day the biggest travel day of the year?
True
Where did the first pilgrims land?
Plymouth Rock
On average- how long with shoppers wait in line for a deal?
2.5 hours
What balloons have appears the most times in the parade? **Name one of the top 3
Snoopy (39 parades)
Ronald McDonald (27 parades)
Rocky and Bullwinkle (26 parades)
Honorable Mentions:
Kermit the Frog (22 Parades)
Pikachu (20 Parades)
Sinclair’s Dino (20 Parades)
Mickey Moose (20 Parades)
Smokey Bear (19 Parades)
Big Bird (19 Parades)
Spider-man (18 Parades)
Garfield (18 Parades
SpongeBob Squarepants (16 Parades)
How many pumpkins Pies are consumed on thanksgiving?
50 million
What state raises the most turkeys?
Minnesota
Which US President started the annual tradition of pardoning a turkey on Thanksgiving? Harry S Truman, Gerald Ford or George H.W. Bush?
George H.W. Bush
According to RetailMeNot, what percentage of Black Friday shoppers are drunk? 8%, 12%, 18%, 25%?
12%
When was the only time the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade was suspended?
WWII
What's the difference between stuffing and dressing?
Stuffing is cooked in the cavity of the turkey, so the juices soak into the ingredients, making it more flavorful. Dressing gets cooked on its own and needs extra liquid to make it flavorful.
How many calls does the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line's receive on Thanksgiving day?
On average 10,000 calls
How long many days did it take from the Mayflower to cross the Atlantic?
66 days
What year was the first year Black Friday was mentioned?
1869
When did the first annual Thanksgiving Day parade take place?
1924
How many calories are consumed on Thanksgiving?
4500
What two football teams always play on Thanksgiving?
Dallas and Detroit
Which President made Thanksgiving a permanent national holiday?
Abe Lincoln
Black Friday is the busiest day of the year for what industry?
Plumbers/Plumbing
What is the tallest balloon height there's ever been in the parade?
80 foot Superman (1980 parade)
What does TV dinner have to do with Thanksgiving?
Swanson's created the frozen turkey TV dinner in 1953 as a result of a surplus in buying 260 tons of frozen turkey for Thanksgiving sales that would otherwise spoil. In 1953 only 5,000 packages were sold, but a year later sales reached over 10 million.
What is the average amount of time it takes for a host to prepare a full Thanksgiving meal? / How much time is spent eating the meal?
9.5 hours to prepare
16 minutes to finish the meal
Which President moved Thanksgiving up one week to help stimulate the Christmas shopping economy?
In 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt moved the Thanksgiving holiday one week earlier than normal, believing that doing so would help bolster retail sales during one of the final years of the Great Depression.
What does the term "Black Friday" mean?
The term was first used to describe the traffic during post- Thanksgiving shopping