Happy Thanksgiving from Karen’s Chatt!
Happy Thanksgiving
I wish each one of you a blessed and happy Thanksgiving. May your home be filled with happiness, joy, and thankfulness as you gather with family and friends today.
Some Thanksgiving fun facts:
Thanksgiving is American’s second-favorite holiday, between Christmas and Halloween.
The first Thanksgiving feast was in 1621 and lasted three days.
There were more Native Americans than colonists at the first Thanksgiving.
For many Native Americans Thanksgiving is known as the National Day of Mourning.
George Washington issued the first presidential proclamation of a Thanksgiving celebration in 1789.
Thanksgiving was held on various dates for many years, but in 1863 Abraham Lincoln proclaimed that it be celebrated on the last Thursday in November. In 1941 the date was fixed as the fourth Thursday in November.
The first Thanksgiving dinner likely included lobster, mussels, venison, and corn porridge, but no potatoes, cranberry sauce or pumpkin pie.
The popular green bean casserole was developed by the Campbell Soup Company.
The Thanksgiving turducken (a chicken inside a duck inside a turkey) originated in New Orleans.
Most Americans believe that leftovers are the best part of Thanksgiving.
Abraham Lincoln was the first president to pardon a turkey. The bird was intended for his Christmas dinner.
The tradition of cracking a wishbone originated with the ancient Etruscans.
“Jingle Bells” was written for Thanksgiving.
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Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!
Thank you, Karen, for this lovely Thanksgiving gift
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. Keep up the good work. Enoy your posts!
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. Keep up the good work. Enjoy your posts.
Karen, I have posted on Willshire History fb page memories of the big Thanksgiving weekend snow that happened in 1950. Didn’t your parents have to postpone their wedding for a week because of that big storm?
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Yes they did. They were supposed to get married on Thanksgiving weekend but the snowstorm was very bad and no one was going anywhere. My dad tried to make it to the church for the rehearsal, got his car stuck in the snow by Duck Creek Cemetery, and spent the night there in the car. He walked home the next morning. They got married the next weekend, on December 3. You have a good memory! Thanks for writing.