Eight Facts About Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is a big holiday here in the US! Here are eight facts about Thanksgiving we bet you didn’t know!

1. The Detroit Lions have played almost every Thanksgiving since 1934
2. Philadelphia is home to the oldest parade
3. 46 million turkeys are prepared on Thanksgiving each year
4. Four locations in the US have turkey in their name
5. President Calvin Coolidge received a live raccoon to be pardoned as part of his Thanksgiving dinner. He grew fond of her and took her in as a pet instead. He called her Rebecca.
6. Colchester, Connecticut, once cancelled Thanksgiving because they couldn’t make pumpkin pies.
7. Norfolk Island, Australia, is one of the few places to celebrate Thanksgiving outside North America. It started in the late 1800s when whaling ships began making frequent stops there.
8. Thomas Jefferson refused to declare Thanksgiving a holiday.

We hope you have a happy Thanksgiving, filled with love and gratitude!