feast
This side dish can be homemade, but some families insist on the kind that keeps the shape of its container.
Cranberry sauce
This Indigenous nation, led by the sachem Massasoit, formed a peace and mutual aid alliance with the Plymouth colonists in 1621.
Wampanoag
Every year, this massive department store sponsors the famous Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City
Macy's
This animated TV special, featuring a dog as a chaotic chef, first aired in 1973 and remains one of the most famous Thanksgiving specials.
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
Oh what fun it is to ride in a
One horse open sleigh
This bread-based dish is sometimes cooked inside a turkey, but when baked separately, it’s technically called this.
Dressing
At the 1621 harvest gathering, the tribe contributed foods such as venison and this staple crop they had long cultivated
Corn
The tradition of breaking this poultry bone for luck dates back long before Thanksgiving, originating with ancient Roman superstitions.
Wishbone
This 1993 holiday comedy stars John Candy and is famous for the line, “Those aren’t pillows!” as two men struggle to get home for Thanksgiving.
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
This year, to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special
This custard pie is made from a seed of a hickory tree
Pecan Pie
This English-speaking interpreter famously helped the Pilgrims survive by teaching them local agriculture.
Tisquantum (Squanto)
This NFL team has hosted a Thanksgiving Day game every year since 1934, becoming a holiday tradition
Detroit Lions
This 1990s TV sitcom frequently featured Thanksgiving episodes, including a famous one where a football game ends in a massive food fight
Seinfeld
I don't know if there'll be snow
But have a cup of cheer
A 15-20lb turkey will feed a group of this many
10-12 people
This cooking method—still used by many Indigenous nations—involved baking food in a pit lined with hot stones, a technique this tribe used for meats and vegetables.
earth oven cooking (or pit cooking)
This U.S. city hosted the very first Thanksgiving Day high school football game in 1876, beginning a tradition still common today.
Philadelphia
In this New Girl episode, Schmidt creates a new name for the Thanksgiving he is hosting, where everyone must bring a date for someone else.
Bangs Giving
Think of all the fun I've missed
Think of all the fella's that I haven't kissed
This Native American “three sisters” ingredient was traditionally roasted or pounded into flour and is still used in some regional Thanksgiving dishes, though it predates the holiday by millennia.
Squash
This tribal leader, son of Massasoit, later became known to the English as “King Philip” during the conflict that bears that name.
Metacom
Abraham Lincoln set the modern Thanksgiving date in 1863, but it was this president who temporarily moved it earlier by one week in 1939 to boost holiday shopping during the Great Depression.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
This 90's sitcom aired an episode titled "the one with all the Thanksgivings" which included an iconic moment involving a turkey that is still used today as a meme.
Monica dancing with a turkey in sunglasses on her head
It's Christmas Eve, and these shoes are just her size
Could you hurry, sir, daddy says there's not much time