Food
History
First Thanksgiving
Culture
Misc.
100
This many pumpkin pies are consumed each Thanksgiving in the US.
50 million
100
Thanksgiving inspired this classic 50's family tradition.
TV dinners
100
This was the year that the first Thanksgiving took place.
1621
100
Thanksgiving is known as this in European countries.
Erntedank ("harvest Thanksgiving festival")
100
In these states, there are small towns, with a population of less than 500, called Turkey and Turkey Creek.
Turkey, NC; Turkey, TX; Turkey Creek, LA
200
Americans consume this amount of turkey each year (lbs).
736 million (about the weight of the Empire State Building).
200
The Macy’s Day Parade has been around for this number of years.
Almost 100
200
This many people attended the first Thanksgiving (there was almost twice as many Native Americans than colonists).
140 people: 90 Wampanoag Native Americans and 50 colonialists. Only 5 women attended.
200
Thanksgiving become a federal holiday in this year.
1870 (signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant)
200
This football team has played every Thanksgiving since 1934.
Detroit Lions (The only exception was during the years of World War II).
300
The turducken originated in this city.
New Orleans
300
She is known as the "Mother of Thanksgiving."
Sarah Josepha Hale
300
This type of eel was served at the first Thanksgiving.
Seafood eel
300
This is known as the Monday after Thanksgiving.
Cyber Monday
300
This movie was voted best Thanksgiving movie of all time.
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
400
This town once postponed Thanksgiving because they couldn’t eat pumpkin pie.
Colchester, Connecticut
400
The first Turkey Trot took place in this city.
Buffalo, NY
400
This colonist kept a well-known journal including information about the first Thanksgiving.
William Bradford
400
This is the most commonly traveled to place for Thanksgiving in the US.
Orlando, FL
400
This song was originally written for Thanksgiving.
Jingle Bells
500
This service is called about 100,000 times each year in the months of November and December.
The Butterball Turkey Hotline (people call in to receive help while cooking turkeys).
500
The tradition of watching or playing football on Thanksgiving began during this year.
1876
500
The first Thanksgiving marked this achievement.
The Pilgrims' first autumn harvest.
500
This date cut short the joy of a full week of Thanksgiving in order to initiate the next holiday.
Black Friday
500
This state raises the most turkeys in the US.
Minnesota