11/21/2025
๐ช๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐โ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐โ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ด๐ด๐น๐ฒ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ด๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ๐๐ด๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐คท๐ผ.
Weโre coming to the rescue! Here are 5 Thanksgiving conversation starters:
๐ง๐ผ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ญ: ๐๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ป๐ผ๐๐ง๐๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ถ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐?
Though 30 million Thanksgiving dinners are expected to include turkey this year (according to the National Turkey Federation), there are at least some lucky birds reveling in the taste of freedom. Like Reuben ๐ฆ, a 40-pound turkey pardoned earlier this month by Lieutenant Governor Michelle Strinden.
Nationally pardoned poultry have returned to their home statesโ farms and petting zoos and others have made it big time, like turkeys in the 2000s, ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฟ๐๐จ๐ฃ๐๐ฎ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฟ๐๐จ๐ฃ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐ง๐ก๐!
๐ง๐ผ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฎ: ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐'๐ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ง๐๐ป๐ฒ?
โJingle Bellsโ was a Thanksgiving song ๐ต! Published in September 1857 by James Lord Pierpont and originally titled โOne Horse Open Sleigh,โ the tune was based on popular sleigh races of the time. It was written for a Thanksgiving Sunday School service performance.
โJingle Bellsโ became associated with Christmas via its repurposing by churches and college choirs. This transformation helped it become the first recorded holiday record in 1898!
๐ง๐ผ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฏ: ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐?
Turkey Day traffic can be tricky ๐ฆ. Google Maps determines roads are busiest from noon to 4 P.M. on Thanksgiving, followed by Wednesday evening after 8 P.M. Of course, these national averages arenโt exact and vary by location, but everybodyโs coming from somewhere!
๐ง๐ผ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฐ: ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ด๐ผ ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ด๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ?
In 2024, Miami and Fort Lauderdale, Florida were the top domestic travel destinations for Americans during Thanksgiving. Budapest, Hungary, Mexicali, Mexico, and San Juan, Puerto Rico were the most-traveled internationally ๐!
๐ง๐ผ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฑ: ๐ง๐ต๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ง๐ฉ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐?
In late 1953, Swanson Company salesman Gerry Thomas kept an accidental surplus of 240 tons of turkey refrigerated as train cars traveled a nonstop route from the companyโs HQ in Nebraska to the East Coast and back (the train car refrigeration system only worked when the train cars were moving). His idea to repurpose the turkey included adding sides and creating a partitioned, easy-to-heat meal. Frozen TV dinners went into production shortly thereafter ๐บ ๐.
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๐๐โ๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐ค๐จ๐๐ ๐๐๐ช๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ฎ, ๐๐ค๐ซ๐๐ข๐๐๐ง 27๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ฎ, ๐๐ค๐ซ๐๐ข๐๐๐ง 28๐ฉ๐.