Interesting Facts about Thanksgiving
Nov 20, 2018
The people in United States must be busy prepping for Thanksgiving this week as it is a day wherein families get together, eat delicious food, spend time and shed light upon the things that they are most thankful for. It is a time for reflection, a moment to thank and a time to enjoy with each other. Everyone knows about their family traditions, but how much do you know about thanksgiving apart from this? Check out some interesting facts about thanksgiving below:
• 91% of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving Day.
• The first thanksgiving lasted for three days, but now a days it is just a one day celebrations
• About 280 million turkeys are sold annually for Thanksgiving which is about 7 billion pounds of Turkey.
• Thanksgiving is not just an American holiday. Canadians celebrate it as well but the only difference is they do it on the second Monday in October.
• Benjamin Franklin always wanted turkey to be the official bird of US
