Giving Thanks

We all know that Thanksgiving is always the last Thursday in November, but there are all sorts of other fun facts that don't always get talked about.

•  The Pilgrims ate items like lobster, hickory nuts, cabbage, goat cheese and squash at the first Thanksgiving.
• A writer named Sarah Josepha Hale is responsible for Thanksgiving's national holiday status. She asked President Abraham Lincoln to declare it an American holiday in October 1863.
• Nearly 90 percent of Americans eat turkey every Thanksgiving.
  

• Turkeys can't see well at night, and if they're raised commercially, they can't fly.
• Most Thanksgiving turkeys weigh about 15 pounds. They're usually 70 percent-to-30 percent white meat-dark meat.

                         

• The oldest Thanksgiving day parade was organized by Gimbels department story in 1920. The Macy's parade didn't start until four years later.
• The Wednesday before Thanksgiving has the most liquor sales of the whole year.