Thanksgiving Traditions
Many families break this part of the turkey to make a wish.
What is the wishbone?
The Pilgrims arrived in North America on this famous ship.
What is the Mayflower?
This protein was once mistaken as the official Thanksgiving food in a meme, claiming the pilgrims ate it instead.
What is ham?
This Mariah Carey song unofficially signals the start of the holiday season following Thanksgiving.
What is “All I Want for Christmas Is You”?
This canned Thanksgiving food famously comes out in the exact shape of its container.
What is canned cranberry sauce?
This "second celebration" takes place the day after Thanksgiving and centers on shopping.
What is Black Friday?
The first Thanksgiving is traditionally said to have taken place in this year.
What is 1621?
This bread-based side dish is cooked inside or alongside the turkey.
What is stuffing (or dressing)?
This 90s sitcom included a Thanksgiving episode featuring an infamous frozen turkey dropped onto a character’s head.
What is Friends?
This version of a Thanksgiving meal takes place with comrades that are not family but still have close relation.
What is Friendsgiving?
After dinner, some families watch this major sport.
What is football?
This region of the U.S. celebrated Thanksgiving regularly long before it became a national holiday.
What is New England?
This grain, called “maize” by Indigenous peoples, was a centerpiece crop shared with the Pilgrims.
What is corn?
The night before Thanksgiving is known as one of the biggest bar-hopping nights of the year and is nicknamed this.
What is “Drinksgiving” / “Blackout Wednesday”?
This colony, located in present-day Massachusetts, hosted the first Thanksgiving.
What is Plymouth?
This tradition involves sparing one turkey from being eaten by the President.
What is the turkey pardon?
Before becoming a November holiday, Thanksgiving was often held in autumn/fall to celebrate this.
What is to celebrate the harvest.
This dessert is considered the most iconic Thanksgiving pie.
What is sweet potato/pumpkin pie?
This NFL team has played on Thanksgiving every year since 1934.
Who are the Detroit Lions?
Benjamin Franklin once suggested this bird—not the bald eagle—should be the national bird of the United States.
What is the turkey?
Millions tune in to watch this performance-based broadcast stop at Herald Square every year.
What is the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade?
This president declared Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This gravy is often made using this part of the turkey and pan drippings.
What is the giblets?
In the Macy’s Parade, this balloon character holds the record for most appearances.
Who is Snoopy?
This post-dinner state of exhaustion is commonly blamed on tryptophan, though overeating is the real culprit.
What is a food coma/the itis?