Thanksgiving "Brain Stuffing"
Did you know?
The first Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621 over a 3-day harvest festival
Abraham Lincoln proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863
In 1876, the tradition of football on Thanksgiving began with a game between Yale and Princeton. The first NFL games were played on Thanksgiving in 1920
Turkey was not originally served on Thanksgiving. The first Thanksgiving dinner included deer, shellfish, boiled pumpkin, and berries
Today, American eat roughly 535 million pounds of turkey on Thanksgiving
There is an average of 4,500 calories consumed on Thanksgiving
Baby turkeys are called poults
The Snoopy balloon has appeared in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade more than any other character
Arizona, Texas, Louisiana, and North Carolina all have towns named “Turkey”
