1621=first Thanksgiving feast with 51 Pilgrims and 90 Native Americans. The meal consisted of venison, ducks and other waterfowl, boiled eels, mussels, cornbread, leeks, plums, and other fruit (and wine made from local grapes)
1863=President Lincoln proclaims Thanksgiving an official holiday.
1924=First Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
1956 NFL games are televised on Thanksgiving Day for the first time.
2011=14 million Americans dined out on Thanksgiving Day and another 16 million got takeout (such as baked hams, roasted turkeys, and pies)
2011=226 million shoppers participated in Thanksgiving weekend sales by visiting stores and/or shopping on websites. The average shopper spent $398.62. Roughly 25 percent of Black Friday shoppers were waiting for the doors to open at midnight.
ONLY 26 SHOPPING DAYS LEFT UNTIL CHRISTMAS!!!
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