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For those who avoid meat but still want to celebrate Thanksgiving, you can decorate fruit into a turkey-shaped display. (Courtesy photo)
Catherine Johnston
For those who avoid meat but still want to celebrate Thanksgiving, you can decorate fruit into a turkey-shaped display. (Courtesy photo)
For those who avoid meat but still want to celebrate Thanksgiving, you can decorate fruit into a turkey-shaped display. (Courtesy photo)

It wasn’t all just talking turkey – or eating only turkey at the first Thanksgiving.

Did you know ?

  • The first Thanksgiving was a three-day harvest feast
  • Governor William Bradford sent four men to hunt birds for the feast while the Wampanoag contributed five deer
  • The only foods from the original feast that we eat are turkey, corn and stuffing
  • President Lincoln made Thanksgiving “official”
  • Today, 46 million turkeys are eaten at Thanksgiving
  • Americans eat an average of 13.3 pounds of turkey each year
  • The Macy’s parade started in 1924 with live animals, replaced with helium balloons three years later

What are your Thanksgiving traditions? What food do you eat? Who cooks? Anyone offer thanks? Anyone leave early to shop?

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* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "EndNotes." Read all stories from this blog