Thanksgiving Facts

Want to know more about the Thanksgiving holiday? If you'd like to fill your head full of facts about Thanksgiving to dazzle friends and family filling their bellies during Thanksgiving dinner, look no further! Mahalo's page offers some of the very best tidbits about the festive holiday.

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• Benjamin Franklin hoped to have the turkey named the official bird of the United Stateshttp://www.thanksgivingnovember.com/thanksgiving-facts.html

• Federation estimates Americans ate 46 million turkeys on Thanksgiving 2007http://www.eatturkey.com/consumer/history/history.html

• Thomas Jefferson opposed Franklin's idea; some believe Franklin nicknamed the turkey "Tom" to spite Jeffersonhttp://www.thanksgivingnovember.com/thanksgiving-facts.html

• First Thanksgiving feast was observed by the Mayflower pilgrims and Wampanoag Indians in 1621http://www.thanksgivingnovember.com/thanksgiving-facts.html

• Thanksgiving declared a national holiday in the U.S. by then-President Abraham Lincoln in 1863http://www.eatturkey.com/consumer/history/history.html

• Turkey is a traditional dish served at a majority of Thanksgiving dinners

• National Turkey Federation says nearly 88 percent of Americans consume turkey on Thanksgiving Dayhttp://www.eatturkey.com/consumer/history/history.html