{"id":991,"date":"2019-11-22T03:44:06","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T09:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lindagorchels.com\/blogs\/?p=991"},"modified":"2019-12-30T14:47:57","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T20:47:57","slug":"10-safe-thanksgiving-conversation-starters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lindagorchels.com\/blogs\/10-safe-thanksgiving-conversation-starters\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Safe Thanksgiving Conversation Starters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/lindagorchels.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Thanksgiving-1024x731.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-994\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lindagorchels.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Thanksgiving-1024x731.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/lindagorchels.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Thanksgiving-300x214.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/lindagorchels.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Thanksgiving-768x549.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/lindagorchels.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Thanksgiving.jpeg 1820w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As you prepare for the potential onslaught of relatives on Thanksgiving, here are a few questions you might ponder to steer conversations away from politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Information about the first Thanksgiving came from the diary of<ul><li>a. Sarah Josepha Hale<\/li><li>b.William Bradford<\/li><li>c. Abraham Lincoln<\/li><li>d. J.L. Ferris<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>How long did the first Thanksgiving celebration last?<ul><li>a. one day<\/li><li>b. two days<\/li><li>c. three days<\/li><li>d. four days<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Thanksgiving became a national holiday in<ul><li>a. 1621<\/li><li>b. 1789<\/li><li>c. 1863<\/li><li>d. 1941<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>In what year did the Macy\u2019s Day parade start?<ul><li>a. 1918<\/li><li>b. 1924<\/li><li>c. 1938<\/li><li>d. 1943<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Which president was the first to give a turkey a presidential pardon?<ul><li>a. Lyndon Johnson<\/li><li>b. Richard Nixon<\/li><li>c. Ronald Reagan<\/li><li>d. George H.W. Bush<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>What American state produces the most turkeys?<ul><li>a. Wisconsin<\/li><li>b. Iowa<\/li><li>c. Michigan<\/li><li>d. Minnesota<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>What state was the first to adopt Thanksgiving as an annual holiday?<ul><li>a. New York<\/li><li>b. New Jersey<\/li><li>c. Pennsylvania<\/li><li>d. Massachusetts<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>What is a snood?<ul><li>a. A lined leather hat worn by Pilgrims<\/li><li>b. An Indian pouch for carrying food<\/li><li>c. The skin above and possibly below a turkey\u2019s bill <\/li><li>d. A significant catch of seafood <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Why do turkey\u2019s gobble?<ul><li>a. Male turkeys gobble to attract mates<\/li><li>b. Male turkeys gobble to announce danger<\/li><li>c. Female turkeys gobble to warn off predators<\/li><li>d. Female turkeys gobble to call back the brood<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>What was the first department store to have a Thanksgiving Day parade?<ul><li>a. Gimbel\u2019s<\/li><li>b. Macy\u2019s<\/li><li>c. Sears<\/li><li>d. Barney\u2019s<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Answers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>(1)<\/strong>  <strong>Information about the first Thanksgiving came from the diary of<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>a. Sarah Josepha Hale<\/li><li><strong>b.William Bradford<\/strong><\/li><li>c. Abraham Lincoln<\/li><li>d. J.L. Ferris<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>b. William Bradford     <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>William Bradford (Plymouth, Massachusetts governor) provided details in his manuscript of a food harvest in the fall of 1621. He described a celebratory feast with the local Wampanoag to give thanks for the abundance of food. Editor Sarah Josepha Hale discovered his diary in the 1800s and campaigned for Thanksgiving to be a national holiday. (She is the author of \u201cMary Had a Little Lamb,\u201d and is known as the \u201cMother of Thanksgiving.\u201d) Abraham Lincoln later declared it a national holiday. J. L. Ferris produced an idealized painting of the event in 1932.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>(2)  How long did the first Thanksgiving celebration last? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>a. one day<\/li><li>b. two days<\/li><li><strong>c. three days<\/strong><\/li><li>d. four days<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p> c. three days<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The first Thanksgiving happened earlier in the year\u2014perhaps late September\u2014and had an estimated 20 European and 90 Native Americans attending.&nbsp; It has long been portrayed as a peaceful dinner, but some take issue with it masking the bloody conflict between the groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>(3) <\/strong> <strong>Thanksgiving became a national holiday in <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>a. 1621<\/li><li>b. 1789<\/li><li><strong>c. 1863<\/strong><\/li><li>d. 1941<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>c. 1863<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>During the Civil War, President Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a bona fide, official holiday in 1863. Of course, there had been previous celebrations. In fact, George Washington \u201csuggested\u201d in 1789 that Thanksgiving should be an (unofficial) national holiday. Another declaration came in 1941, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt changed the date to the fourth Thursday in November. (It had previously been celebrated on the last Thursday of November, even in months with five Thursdays.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>(4) In what year did the Macy\u2019s Day parade start?   <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>a. 1918<\/li><li><strong>b. 1924<\/strong><\/li><li>c. 1938<\/li><li>d. 1943<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>b. 1924<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The first Macy\u2019s Day parade was actually on\nChristmas in 1924. It traveled with Central Park zoo animals for a six-mile\nstretch in Manhattan. Even with the Great Depression, this parade continued to\ngrow during the 1930s. NBC began to broadcast it in 1939.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>(5) Which president was the first to give a turkey a presidential pardon?  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>a. Lyndon Johnson<\/li><li>b. Richard Nixon<\/li><li><strong>c. Ronald Reagan<\/strong><\/li><li>d. George H.W. Bush<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>c. Ronald Reagan<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>While several presidents freed Thanksgiving\nturkeys or gave them to petting farms, Ronald Reagan was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/history\/2018\/11\/20\/presidents-didnt-always-pardon-turkeys-some-became-dinner\/\">first\npresident to use the word \u2018pardon\u2019<\/a> as part of the turkey celebration.\nPresident George H.W. Bush began the official pardoning process in 1989. There\nare some reports that President John F. Kennedy pardoned the turkey he received,\nbut he was assassinated three days later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>(6) What American state produces the most turkeys? <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>a. Wisconsin<\/li><li>b. Iowa<\/li><li>c. Michigan<\/li><li><strong>d. Minnesota<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p> d. Minnesota<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Six states produce nearly two-thirds of all turkeys sold in the United States. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/culture\/2016\/11\/23\/13715466\/six-states-produce-turkey-us\">Minnesota leads<\/a> the nation, with 44 million turkeys. The United States is the largest exporter of turkeys, with Mexico being the dominant export market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>(7)  What state was the first to adopt Thanksgiving as an annual holiday? <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>a. New York<\/strong><\/li><li>b. New Jersey<\/li><li>c. Pennsylvania<\/li><li>d. Massachusetts<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p> a. New York<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Decades before Thanksgiving became a national jubilee, New York, in 1817, was the first of several states to adopt it as an official holiday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>(8)  What is a snood?  <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>a. A lined leather hat worn by Pilgrims<\/li><li>b. An Indian pouch for carrying food<\/li><li><strong>c. The skin above and possibly below a turkey\u2019s bill <\/strong><\/li><li>d. A significant catch of seafood <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>c. The skin above and possibly below a turkey\u2019s bill<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Wikipedia, \u201c<em>the <strong>snood<\/strong> is an erectile, fleshy protuberance on the forehead of turkeys. Most of the time when the turkey is in a relaxed state, the snood is pale and 2-3 cm long. However, when the male begins strutting (the courtship display), the snood engorges with blood, becomes redder and elongates several centimeters, hanging well below the beak.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>(9)  Why do turkey\u2019s gobble?<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>a. Male turkeys gobble to attract mates<\/strong><\/li><li>b. Male turkeys gobble to announce danger<\/li><li>c. Female turkeys gobble to warn off predators<\/li><li>d. Female turkeys gobble to call back the brood<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>a. Male turkeys gobble to attract mates<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Female turkeys do not gobble. Only males do. Each gobbler has a unique call to attract females during mating season. Females, on the other hand, make a clicking sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>(10)  What was the first department store to have a Thanksgiving Day parade? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>a. Gimbel\u2019s<\/strong><\/li><li>b. Macy\u2019s<\/li><li>c. Sears<\/li><li>d. Barney\u2019s<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>a. Gimbel\u2019s<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The Gimbel\u2019s department store sponsored a Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1920, and continued to do so until it closed operations in 1986. The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/6abc_Dunkin%27_Donuts_Thanksgiving_Day_Parade\">parade continued under other sponsorships<\/a>, and is currently held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and aired by ABC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you prepare for the potential onslaught of relatives on Thanksgiving, here are a few questions you might ponder to steer conversations away from politics. Information about the first Thanksgiving came from the diary of a. 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