Feast Your Eyes: Unbelievable Thanksgiving Facts

Thanksgiving Fun Facts

Feast your Eyes: Thanksgiving Fun Facts 

Food, family, and football who could ask for more? Feast your eyes  with some  eye popping Thanksgiving Fun Facts! Discover something about Turkey Day you never knew as Albuquerque Shutterbooth gobbles for Turkey Day!

Oh My Gobbler! 10 Unbelievable Things You May Not Know

  1. The first Tv Dinner was Thanksgiving Leftovers – In 1953  Swanson overestimates the amount of turkey Americans would consume. They create mini feasts of turkey, cornbread, dressing, peas, and sweet potatoes.
  2. The first Thanksgiving meal was prepared by only 4 women –  Of the 140 pilgrims who feast that first Thanksgiving, only four women are present to prepare the meal.
  3. There may NOT have been any Turkey! – The game was afoot, that is for sure! However,  there is no specification, as to what game or fowl, was prepared to feed the company for a week.
  4. Thanksgiving was meant to be a fast NOT a Feast – The devout pilgrims  practice the act of giving thanks in prayer as well as abstaining from food. The Wampanoag Indians, who celebrate with them that first Thanksgiving, share their harvest traditions.
  5. Everyone drank! – The state of water in London was poor. Adults and children alike drank beer as it was believed to be healthier than the water.
  6. There likely were not many Native Americans – The indians fell in large numbers to illness.
  7. The First Thanksgiving was a 3 day affair! 
  8. Every year the U.S. president pardons a turkey. 
  9. The American South did not celebrate Thanksgiving during the Civil War. – The southern states saw Thanksgiving as a ‘Yankee’ holiday during the Civil War.
  10. The average weight of a Thanksgiving turkey is 15 pounds. 

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