Thanksgiving Dinner

holidays · food · traditions · USA

Turkey takes center stage. The roasted turkey is the main attraction at Thanksgiving dinner tables across the United States and Canada. In polls, turkey is the most popular holiday food that Americans choose to eat, no matter where they live or how old they are.

The biggest eating day. Thanksgiving is the largest eating event in the entire United States when you measure it by how much food and drinks people buy at stores. It's a day when millions of families sit down to giant meals together.

America's favorite holiday. In a 2015 poll, Thanksgiving ranked as the second most loved holiday in the United States, with only a few holidays beating it out. People really care about this tradition.