Turkey
Food
Traditions
Fall
Fun Facts
100

This gender of turkey gobbles.

Male

100

In 1953, a food company invented a new way of consuming frozen food after they mistakenly ordered more frozen turkeys than they could sell for Thanksgiving that year.

TV Dinner

100

This day can be known as a holiday itself as stores across the country have some of their biggest sales.

Black Friday

100

This is what the first day of Autumn is known as.

Autumn Equinox

100

This popular Christmas song was originally written as a Thanksgiving song.

Jingle Bells

200

This is what male turkeys are called.

Toms

200

Stuffing is typically referred as this in Southern states.

Dressing

200

Thousands of people line the street of Manhattan to watch huge balloons float in the sky.

Macy's Thanksgiving Parade

200

This is what the full moon closest to Autumn Equinox is called.

Harvest Moon

200

This was the first state to officially adopt Thanksgiving.

New York

300

This type of turkey can fly.

Wild Turkey

300

This Thanksgiving side is typically canned upside down.

Cranberry Sauce

300

No one was interested to watch this sport until it was scheduled on Thanksgiving Day. Now it has become a tradition for many Americans to view.

American Football

300

These four colors are commonly associated with fall.

Orange, red, yellow, and brown.

300

This country holds the world record for turkey consumption.

Israel

400

This sense of turkeys is three times better than humans.

Eyesight

400

The colonists and Native Americans did not have this popular Thanksgiving food at the first Thanksgiving.

Turkey

400

This silly superstition allows one person to make a wish based on whoever has the biggest piece.

Breaking a Wishbone

400

This goddess is often associated with the fall of harvest in Greek mythology.

Demeter

400

This president did not agree to the celebration of Thanksgiving as a national holiday.

Thomas Jefferson

500

This is the best place to put the meat thermometer in the turkey.

Thigh

500

In 1705, this town canceled Thanksgiving because they didn't have enough molasses to make pumpkin pies.

Colchester, Connecticut

500

This popular Thanksgiving race first held in 1896 in New York and has been a popular event to raise money for charity.

Turkey Trot

500

These type of trees stay green in the Fall because their leaves are covered with thick wax and they contain materials that prevent freezing when it gets cold.

Evergreen Trees

500

Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade began on this year.

1924

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