Tomorrow marks the kick-off of the official holiday season. Millions of people will travel untold miles to visit family and friends, making it the busiest travel day of the year. Stores' insane specials across the country the following day make it the biggest shopping day of the year. Between running around to visit the family, eating enough turkey to knock you out the rest of the day...only to arise at 3 am the following day to get all the best deals for the next big holiday, it's easy to forget what it's all about.
While we won't go into an oration about over-commercialization, below are a couple of links from History.com that we thought would be a fun way to reflect about what tomorrow is all about-- being thankful for what we have and grateful for the people in our lives. For instance, Jess just learned that New Hampshire was the state that initially requested a Thanksgiving holiday back in 1782-- another reason to be proud of her home state! Or that Americans consumed approximately 690 million pounds of turkey on Thanksgiving in 2007!
Whatever your plans may be for the holiday, from all of us at Match-Up-- Happy Thanksgiving!
Do you know why Thanksgiving is the 4th Thursday every year? Check out the quiz to find out why!
Thanksgiving Quiz from History.com:
www.history.com/content/thanksgiving/thanksgiving-quiz
Want to know which state produces the most turkeys each year? Go to the fun facts link below!
Thanksgiving Fun Facts from History.com:
www.history.com/content/thanksgiving/thanksgiving-facts
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