TURKEY FACTS
This gender of turkey does the "gobbling".
male
The length of the first Thanksgiving.
The weight of the average Thanksgiving turkey.
15 pounds
Every year, the parade ends with the arrival of this person.
Santa Claus
The city with the oldest Thanksgiving parade.
Philidelphia
The best place to put the meat thermometer in the turkey.
the thigh
This Indian tribe taught the Pilgrims to cultivate the land and were invited to the first Thanksgiving feast.
Wampanoag
This is considered to be the most popular Thanksgiving side dish in the U.S.
stuffing
The average number of people that attend the Macy's Day Parade every year.
3.5 million
The year in which the first Thanksgiving NFL game was held.
1920
The name for the wobbly red piece of flesh on top of the beak of a turkey.
a snood
The number of women at the first Thanksgiving.
5
The number of pumpkin pies consumed every Thanksgiving in the U.S.
50 million
These were used in the first Macy's Day Parade instead of balloons.
animals from the Central Park Zoo
Black Friday is the biggest day of the year this trade profession.
plumbers
This U.S. state raises the most turkeys.
Minnesota
This cutlery item was not used at the first Thanksgiving dinner.
fork
This country consumes the most turkeys per capita around Thanksgiving.
This balloon has occurred the most times in the history of Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
snoopy
This U.S. president refused to recognize Thanksgiving as a national holiday.
Thomas Jefferson
The proper name for turkey chicks.
pults or turkeylings
The meat served at the first Thanksgiving.
venison
The temperature at which the turkey is considered to be "done" and safe to eat.
165 degrees Fahrenheit
The length of the parade route.
2.5 miles
This U.S. president received a raccoon as a Thanksgiving present.
Calvin Coolidge