Pumpkin pie has been beloved for a long, long time - it is America’s favorite pie.
FALSE: The research shows that apple pies are America's favorite, with pumpkin coming in second place.
In US there are towns named "Turkey".
TRUE: There are four, and they are in Texas, Arizona, Louisiana and North Carolina.
Thanksgiving was never cancelled.
FALSE: Colchester in Connecticut postponed its Thanksgiving feast for a week due to lack of pumkins for pumpkin pie.
The USA is the only country to celebrate Thanksgiving.
FALSE: Canada celebrates their Thanksgiving on the second Monday of October.
The turkey could have been America’s national bird.
TRUE: Benjamin Franklin, in 1784, suggested the wild turkey would be a more appropriate national bird, instead of the bald eagle.
Doctors are busiest on the day after Thanksgiving.
FALSE: Actually, plumbers are the busiest. Things like turkey grease and even potato peelings tend to clog up drains.
About 28 million people watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade annually.
TRUE: Approximately 28 million Americans tune in to the Macy's Parade. Another 3.5 million people view it in person, and roughly 10,000 participate.
Two turkeys are sent to the White House each year.
TRUE: Only one of the turkeys is actually meant to be pardoned by the president, while the second turkey is a backup, should anything happen to the first.
Each year, about 20 million turkeys are cooked.
FALSE: Thanksgiving Day and turkey go hand-in-hand, so the approximite number - 46 million.
The first Thanksgiving was a harvest festival, and wasn’t actually called Thanksgiving. It was called Harvest Home.
TRUE: The phrase “Thanksgiving Day” was first used officially after President Lincoln declared the last Thursday in November a national holiday in 1863.
"Jingle Bells" was originally a Thanksgiving Day song.
TRUE: Its composer intended it to be a Thanksgiving Day song. But the melody quickly became a Christmas hit in 1859.
Thanksgiving is America’s third-favorite holiday.
FALSE: Thanksgiving ranks as the second-favorite U.S. holiday, ahead of Halloween but behind Christmas.
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