Jokes
What happened to the turkey that got into a fight?
He got the stuffing knocked out of him
The name of this stop on the Long Island Railroad means 'Boundary Fishing Lake' in Algonquian
What is Ronkonkoma?
Iconic three day feast between the Plymouth Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Tribe
What is Thanksgiving?
This kitty kat was the first character balloon in the 1927 Macy's Parade
What is Felix the Cat? Who is Felix the Cat?
This parade was started by first generation European immigrants that wanted to bring Thanksgiving festivities from their home countries
What is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?
Why did they let the Turkey join the band?
Because he had his own drumsticks
Before it became the Concrete Jungle, the Lenape people referred to this place as 'Island of Many Hills'
What is Manhattan?
This boat returned to England after dropping off a group of English settlers
What is the Mayflower?
This parade outshined this annual 'holiday'
What is Ragamuffin Day?
This side dish is the number #1 side dish for New Yorkers
This key has legs but cannot open a door
What is a Turkey?
This NY mountain range was named 'Eaters of Trees' by the Iroquois people
This company was founded this year and quickly gained monopoly of trade and colonization in America and West Africa
What is the Dutch West Indian Company?
The first Macy's Parade had floats that detailed nursery rhymes, professional bands to entertain and also...
What are live animals?
What tradition did Mayor LaGuardia ban that took place on Thanksgiving Day?
What is Ragamuffin Day?
What do you call a running chicken?
Fast Food
The Lenape people named this Brooklyn neighborhood 'A Fenced Farm' before the Dutch did
What is Canarsie?
Tamblot organized a revolt against the Catholic Religion in this Philippine island province
What is Bohol?
In 1928, Macy's gave $100 to whomever can find deflated balloons after the balloons were released into the air in 'races' called...
What are balloon races?
What year did NY sanctioned the Thanksgiving holiday?
1830
What did the turkey say to the computer?
Google, Google
According to the Iroquois, this county is 'Over the Pine Plains' but really is in the Capitol District of the New York State
What is Schenectady?
This country had witch trials 70 years before Salem had theirs
What is Norway?
Before store employees and ancillary staff handled balloons, this animals were pulling them
Early NY Thanksgiving didn't have turkey but had this type of food instead
What is seafood?