Touchdown!
This is the only team in the NFL that never plays on Thanksgiving
Jacksonville Jaguars
This state was where the first Thanksgiving was celebrated
Massachusetts
Ending the parade every year this person is waving to the crowd to kick off the Christmas season
Santa Clause
This president was the first to pardon a turkey in 1989
George HW Bush
“Oh come, let us sing to the LORD! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving”
Psalm
The Cowboys first played on Thanksgiving in 1966 defeating this opposing team
Cleveland Browns
This Thanksgiving tradition started in Buffalo New York in 1896 where six runners raced on dirt roads for five miles
Turkey Trot
The Macys Store in New York is located on this street where miracles happen
34th street
This state is the largest consumers of turkey in the nation
California
“Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances”
1 Thessalonians
This NFL team has had a home game every Thanksgiving since 1934
Detroit Lions
This many pilgrims celebrated Thanksgiving with the Native Americans due to about half not surviving the first year
50
Macys is the 2nd in the world to consume this natural element, right behind NASA
Helium
This Founding Father thought the turkey would make a better national bird instead of the bald eagle
Benjamin Franklin
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus”.
Philippians
Daily Double This States newspaper company condemned football on Thanksgiving stating ““Thanksgiving is no longer a solemn festival to God for mercies given. It is a holiday granted to the state and nation to see a game of football.”
New York Herald
Sarah Josepha Hale, the writer of this famous nursery rhyme, convinced Abraham Lincoln to make Thanksgiving a national holiday
Mary had a little lamb
From 1942-1944 Macys cancelled the parade and instead donated the rubber of the balloons to the U.S. government to support what national effort
World War 2
This is the name of the fleshy appendage that hangs from a turkeys neck
Snood
“Oh give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; for His steadfast love endures forever!“
1 Chronicles
This was the year watching football become a Thanksgiving tradition
1876
This is the Native American tribe who greeted the Pilgrims
Wampanoag Tribe
In 1927 the first ever cartoon character was in the parade
Felix the Cat
Excitement, fear, or dominance, this happens to a turkeys skin on its head and neck when changing moods
Changes color
“As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving”.
Colossians