Gratitude
This word means thinking about people, places and things that we are glad that we have in our lives.
Gratitude
These were the people living in America when settlers first arrived around the time of the first Thanksgiving
American Indians
This is a traditional side dish for Thanksgiving Turkey, named for the original way it was cooked: stuffed inside the turkey itself.
Stuffing
The loud, rapid gurgling sound made by male turkeys is approximated with this word.
Gobble
Named for the affect it has on the revenue of retail businesses, this is the day after Thanksgiving, known for its shopping frenzies.
Black Friday
True or False: The act of thinking about things you are grateful for can make you feel happier and have a more positive outlook.
True
Proclaimed during the Civil War, this US President was the first to declare Thanksgiving a national holiday.
Abraham Lincoln
An early recipe is found in Hannah Glasse's The Art of Cookery in 1747, Her recipe mashed them in a saucepan with milk, salt, and butter.
Mashed potatoes
This is how fast a wild turkey can run. Hint: it could keep up with a car on a neighborhood street!
25 mph
Originally released the weekend before Thanksgiving in 1990, this classic holiday movie about a boy left behind by his family when they leave for a holiday vacation, takes place in a suburb of Chicago.
Home Alone
True or False: In order to feel gratitude, you must thank a person out loud or in writing.
False
This is the number of Pilgrims that came over on the Mayflower
102
A recipe for this Thanksgiving favorite can often be found on cans of Cambells Cream of Mushroom Soup.
Green bean casserole
This US state along the east coast produces the most turkeys annually.
North Carolina
This television special based upon the popular comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz originally aired in 1973.
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
True or False: Being grateful can actually improve your physical health as well as your mental health.
True
This was the number of days that the first Thanksgiving feast lasted. Hint: its about how many days most schools have off!
3 days
This is how high a cranberry must bounce before it is harvested... about as high as an iPhone standing vertically.
4 inches
This middle eastern country consumes the most turkey worldwide per year.... and per capita.
Israel
This wildly popular Disney movie released to the highest grossing Thanksgiving weekend of all time and STILL holds that record. Brrrr!
Frozen
This artist's latest song "For All You Do" is a song of thanks for health care professionals and essential workers for all their work during the pandemic.
Raffi
This was the year of the first ever Thanksgiving feast. Long before the thirteen colonies became the United States.
1621
This is the meaning of the term "cornucopia."
Horn of plenty
This is approximately how many feathers a mature turkey has.
Thousands. About 3500
These two NFL teams always host a game on Thanksgiving Day, going back to 1934.
The Dallas Cowboys and the Detroit Lions