Thanksgiving is just around the corner! Post a fun fact about Thanksgiving.



Thanksgiving is not just an American holiday. Canadians celebrate it too, except they do it on the second Monday in October.

The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade began in 1924 with 400 employees marching from Convent Ave to 145th street in New York City. No large balloons were at this parade, as it featured only live animals from Central Park Zoo.

The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade also was not known as the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade originally. It was because Thanksgiving is the start of the holiday season when Santa Claus was added at the end of the parade that the parade was known as Macy's Christmas Day Parade before the parade had a name change to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and is still considered a Thanksgiving tradition for families every year to see and watch on TV
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Thanksgiving is also a huge sports holiday too.

I remember when opened their doors on the day after Thanksgiving at their normal hours. Yes, they were jumping with shoppers and the newspaper had flyers for stores inserted into their papers. Get this, on the Sunday after Thanksgiving the stores were CLOSED! They were closed on ALL of the Sundays throughout the holiday season, and if Christmas Eve was on a Sunday you'd better have your shopping done on December 23, Because the stores would not reopen until Tuesday, December 26.

Only male turkeys called Toms gobble and females called Hens cackle.

Only male turkeys called Toms gobble and females called Hens cackle.


All females cackle. :lol:

All females cackle. :lol:

Hey, I resemble that remark!!:lol: :D
Hence the term "Cackling hens" !!;) :wave:

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Amen Marlene!!;) I agree!! ;) Every year seems to be more and more. :( Straight from Halloween to Christmas!!! :( It's like they are trying to make Thanksgiving not important anymore!! :( :confused:

Ben Franklin wanted the turkey to be the National bird instead of the Eagle! :)


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Amen Marlene!!;) I agree!! ;) Every year seems to be more and more. :( Straight from Halloween to Christmas!!! :( It's like they are trying to make Thanksgiving not important anymore!! :( :confused:

Ben Franklin wanted the turkey to be the National bird instead of the Eagle! :)


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Franklin thought that the eagle wasn't appropriate because it is a predatory bird. The turkey was dismissed as an option because turkeys are incredibly stupid. :lol:

I got a good fact. Thanksgiving is always on a Thursday.:D

Jake "Body By Jake" Steinfeld played the psycho killer in the 1981 Thanksgiving themed slasher Home Sweet Home.

Does that count as Thanksgiving Fun Facts?

Ben Franklin wanted the turkey to be the National bird instead of the Eagle! :)


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I've heard that too. But if they did make the turkey the national bird, what would we eat on Thanksgiving? Because it's illegal to kill/eat a national bird. :eek:

They could have played football that day, if not exactly this way...

Brazil brought Thanksgiving to their country in 1940 when a Brazilian Ambassador to the United States talked about it to many of the Brazilians.

They call it Dia de Ação de Graças.

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SECONDED!!!:mad:

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota is the top turkey-producing state in America, with about 49 million produced annually. Just six states—Minnesota, North Carolina, Arkansas, Virginia, Missouri and Indiana—produce two-thirds of the birds raised in the United States!

I've heard that too. But if they did make the turkey the national bird, what would we eat on Thanksgiving? Because it's illegal to kill/eat a national bird. :eek:


Roasted bald eagle ;)

It was not until 1941, that congress declared Thanksgiving as a national holiday. It was declared to be the fourth Thursday in November.

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Most people are familiar with the term "flock of pigeons" or "gaggle of geese,"but did you know that a group of turkeys is called a "rafter"? A rafter of turkeys!

Most people are familiar with the term "flock of pigeons" or "gaggle of geese,"but did you know that a group of turkeys is called a "rafter"? A rafter of turkeys!


No , I didn't know that!! Very cool!!;)

Originated in Louisiana, a Turducken is a de-boned turkey stuffed with a de-boned duck, which itself is stuffed with a small de-boned chicken. The cavity of the chicken and the rest of the gaps are filled with, a highly seasoned
dressing, some versions have a different stuffing for each bird.

After the Apollo 12 crew splashed down on November 24,1969, they spent four days aboard the USS Hornet in quarantine. Thanksgiving that year was on the 27th, which meant the crew was in their specially converted Airstream trailer on an aircraft carrier for the holiday, and for President Nixon's visit. But quarantine didn't mean they had to eat the prepackaged meals like they'd taken to the Moon. They sat down that Thursday evening to a dinner of turkey with cranberry sauce and a choice of cherry or pecan pie before settling in to watch "Good-by Columbus."

Alan L. Bean, Richard F. Gordon and Charles (Pete) Conrad, Jr.

More than 94% of Thanksgiving dinners include cranberry sauce. It takes
about 200 cranberries to make one can of sauce.

About 95% of cranberries are processed into juice, sauce, dried, etc. Only about 5% are sold fresh.

Wisconsin has been the #1 cranberry producer in the US, producing around 60% for the nation.

This is the best Thanksgiving movie starring a Dawson's Creekian.

The Thanksgiving Pizza from Stew Leonard's is topped with turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, green beans and gravy. It hit shelves for a limited time on November 20, 2017. Stew Leonard is an East coast grocery chain.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota is the top turkey-producing state in America, with about 49 million produced annually. Just six states—Minnesota, North Carolina, Arkansas, Virginia, Missouri and Indiana—produce two-thirds of the birds raised in the United States!


Not true. Hollywood produces the most turkeys by a wide margin.

Not true. Hollywood produces the most turkeys by a wide margin.


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