Happy Thanks Giving
Is it Thanks Giving Day Or Turkey Day?
Happy Thanks Giving: Thanks, Giving Day is celebrated in the US on November 26, 2009. Dinner is one of the main features of the day. Of course, the main menu served in the dinner on that day is the roasted or baked Turkey and Cranberry sauce.
Thanks Giving wishes Turkey plays such a predominant role on the dining table during the dinner of the Happy Thanks Giving Day and so that day is even called as 'Turkey Day'.
Recognizing the important role of Turkey as a traditional Thanks Giving Bird, three towns in the US have even taken the name of the bird: Turkey in Texas, Turkey Creek in Louisiana and Turkey in North Carolina. Happy Thanks Giving
However, in the earliest Thanks, Giving Day celebrated in the year 1621 in the Plymouth colony, Turkey was not a menu in the dining table. Historians are not completely certain about the actual menu that adorned the dining table on that day. However, they are sure about two items on the menu and they were: venison and the wildfowl. Happy Thanks Giving
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But modern Thanks Giving Day dinner in the US entirely revolves around Turkey. Turkey being the chief menu on that day, they are sold like hot cakes on the eve of the day. Hence, selling turkey is a great business that has great marketing potential throughout the US. Happy Thanks Giving
The National Turkey Federation which is supervising the demand and supply of Turkey in the US has revealed quite interesting information about Turkey. Nearly 250 million Turkeys are raised in the year 2009 for slaughter whose worth is about $ 4.5 billion. Happy Thanks Giving

Of them, nearly 46 million birds come to the dining table and consumed during the dinner of the Thanks Giving Day. In a survey conducted by the National Turkey Federation nearly 88 % of Americans eat Turkey at the Happy Thanks Giving Day dinner. The average weight of a Turkey bird that is purchased by an American is 15 pounds.
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