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This orange vegetable can be mashed, made into pie, or carved into a jack-o’-lantern.
Pumpkin
This big Thanksgiving parade happens in a famous U.S. city with huge balloons.
New York City
These travelers came to America on a ship to start a new life in 1620.
Pilgrims
This city hosts the famous Thanksgiving parade every year.
New York City
On Thanksgiving, many families watch this sport on TV while eating their meal.
Football
This fluffy side dish is made from potatoes and usually eaten with gravy.
Potatoes
Families often watch this sport on TV every Thanksgiving Day.
Football
This famous ship carried the Pilgrims across the ocean for 66 days.
Mayflower
These giant inflatable characters float above the streets during the parade.
Balloons
The team tries to score by carrying or throwing this to the other team’s end zone.
A football
This bread-like dish is cooked inside the turkey or baked separately and is soft and tasty.
Stuffing
Kids can make this kind of turkey by tracing their hand on paper.
Hand Turkey
This Native American tribe helped the Pilgrims survive their first winter and joined them at the first Thanksgiving feast.
Wampanoag
This parade is named after the department store that started it in 1924.
Macy's
The player who throws the ball to their teammates is called this.
The quarterback
This red, jiggly sauce is made from a berry that grows in bogs.
This famous cartoon dog often appears as a giant balloon in the parade.
Snoopy
This holiday celebrates the Pilgrims and Native Americans sharing a big meal together.
Thanksgiving
Many of these performers join the parade, playing music and dancing.
Marching Bands
This is the term for when a player runs into the person with the ball to stop them.
A tackle
This Thanksgiving side dish is made from a root vegetable that looks like a long orange carrot.
When it’s chopped and cooked, it becomes sweet and soft—but it’s not a carrot at all.
Native Americans grew it long before the Pilgrims arrived.
Sweet Potatoes
During the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, these specially trained people help guide the giant balloons through the streets by holding onto long ropes. What are they called?
Balloon Handlers
The first Thanksgiving happened in 1621 in this colony, where the Pilgrims had settled after their long journey on the Mayflower.
Plymouth Colony
Some balloons are based on cartoon characters. The first giant balloon in 1927 was this character that wears a tall hat and carries a cane.
Felix the Cat
On Thanksgiving Day, the NFL usually hosts games for these two “classic” teams from the Eastern U.S., who have played each other almost every year since 1934.
Detroit Lions and the Dallas Cowboys