10 things you didn't know about ThanksGiving - Part 2

#6 — Thanksgiving accounts for 20% of the total turkeys consumed every year. According to the National Turkey Federation, approximately 46 million turkeys are consumed in the US over Thanksgiving, and this is only one-fifth of the annual total of turkeys consumed (235 million)!

#7 — Roughly 13% of Americans travel for the holiday — According to the American Automobile Association (AAA), approximately 42.2 million Americans travel 50 miles or more from home over the holiday weekend.

#8 — Black Friday was both a stock market panic and later, the name for the crazy shopping rush the day after Thanksgiving. The first use of the term “Black Friday” referred to Friday, September 24, 1869, when President Ulysses S. Grant released government gold for sale and a speculation attempt caused gold prices to plummet, raising a panic in the stock market. Today, the term refers to the day following Thanksgiving — the kickoff to the holiday shopping season.

#9 — The name for the shopping version of Black Friday was born in Philadelphia in the 1960’s, referring to the heavy pedestrian and vehicular traffic that the first shopping day brought. While it was originally a negative term, it turned positive with its associations with shopping and business growth. In addition to being one of the busiest shopping days of the year, black friday also marks the point in the calendar in which some businesses start to turn a profit — going from “in the red” January through November to finally “in the black” during the holiday rush. In recent years, retailers have opened up as early as 4:00 and 5:00 A.M., and in just the past few years, several stores have started opening up at midnight.

#10 — Cyber Monday started in 2005 as a marketing campaign.Sometimes it pays to invent trends — literally. Cyber Monday refers to the Monday after Thanksgiving in the United States, and the term was created by marketing companies precisely as an incentive to shop.

Today, Cyber Monday has become an international marketing term used by online retailers in 10 different countries — even in countries that don’t traditionally celebrate American Thanksgiving. Note to all our growth hackers out there: maybe if you need a reason for a sale, you can invent a new holiday. It certainly pays to be creative.

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10 things you didn't know about ThanksGiving - Part 1

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#1 — The Turkey was almost the national bird. It was a debate between the turkey and the eagle — and the eagle was thought to be scrawny, not regal. While it eventually became the eagle, if Benjamin Franklin had his way, we might have had a turkey as our national bird — and we wouldn’t be roasting it up to have on the dinner table.

#2 — There are TWO countries that celebrate Thanksgiving — it’s not just an American holiday. Both Canada and the United States celebrate with an annual Thanksgiving, but in Canada it falls on the second Monday in October. In the US, it’s the fourth Thursday in November.

#3 — 88% of Americans have a turkey on the table over Thanksgiving.Some estimates, state more than 690 million pounds of turkey were consumed for Thanksgiving in 2007.

#4 — Leftover turkey helped invent TV dinners. After all that turkey is raised for our national holiday, what happens if there are leftovers? In 1953, as legend has it, someone at Swanson overestimated the number of turkeys that would be sold — and they ended up with 26 TONS of extra meat. What did they do with all of this? They ended up slicing, freezing, and repackaging the meat with sides and voila: the first TV dinner was born.

#5 — Thanksgiving became a national holiday in 1941, more than 300 years after the first celebration. While the first Thanksgiving might have happened as early as 1621, it took 200 years before President Abraham Lincoln declared the final Thursday as a national day of Thanksgiving — and it took Congress until 1941 to make it an official national holiday.

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2. This site is dedicated to all of you who think thanksgiving is more than just a national holiday.

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2. Thursday, November 27

   Thanksgiving Day 2014

Why limit the spirit of being thankful to just one day, when you know it lasts through the entire season !

We present to you all things uplifting and fun throughout the season of Thanksgiving, Chistmas and Newyear. 

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