Holiday History
The year of the first Thanksgiving.
What is 1621?
Only male turkeys do this.
What is gobble?
The home to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Honest president who declared Thanksgiving a "national holiday".
Who is Abraham Lincoln (October 3, 1863).
This term started in 2005 to reflect the flurry of online sales after Thanksgiving.
What is Cyber Monday?
The length of the first Thanksgiving.
A turkeys resting place.
Where is in the trees?
The year of the first Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade.
What is 1924?
President that moved Thanksgiving to the third Thursday in November to increase retail sales.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt (Franksgiving)?
This day takes place several days after Thanksgiving and is known as a day of generosity.
What is Giving Tuesday?
The ship that carried the pilgrims from Plymouth, England.
What is the Mayflower?
The skin that hangs from a turkeys neck.
What is the wattle?
The length of the parade route.
What is 2.5 miles?
The first state to adopt Thanksgiving as an annual holiday.
What is New York (1817)?
This day signifies a positive boost in retail sales (i.e. out of the red)
The English-speaking Native American who acted as a guide, advisor and interpreter for the Pilgrims
Who is Squanto?
A male turkey.
What is a Tom?
This famous character has appeared more times than any other character.
Who is Snoopy (40 appearances since 1968)?
First president to pardon a turkey on Thanksgiving stating “let’s keep him going”.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
Thanksgiving replaced this November holiday started by George Washington to celebrate the removal of British forces after the American Revolution.
What is Evacuation Day?
The Native American Tribe present at the first Thanksgiving.
Who are the Wampanoag?
State that produces the most turkeys each year.
What is Minnesota?
The parade was cancelled during this war - don’t worry the rubber from the balloons was donated to the war effort, all 650 pounds.
What is World War 2?
The first female magazine editor known as the “mother of Thanksgiving” - who wrote articles, requests and letters for 18 years to get Thanksgiving declared a national holiday. Also, wrote "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
Who is Sarah Hale? (Thanks Sarah!)
This holiday was originally known as Armistice Day – celebrating world peace after World War 1 – and was renamed in 1957 to this.
What is Veterans Day?