Thanksgiving Traditions - Lepage

Thanksgiv ing Traditions Candice LePage

2007 Price

2008 Price

AFBF

Peapod

10-12 pound frozen whole TURKEY - Butterball

17.63

15.48

14-oz. package of cubed stuffing

2.40

2.50

1 gallon of whole milk

2.13

4.39

3 lbs. of sweet potatoes

2.08

5.34

12-oz. package of brown-and-serve rolls

3.08

2.99

Half-pint, 8 ounces, of whipping cream

1.89

1.25

1 combined pound of celery and carrots

1.46

1.99

30-oz. can of pumpkin pie mix

.66

3.38

12-oz. package of fresh cranberries

3.88

2.50

Package of 2 nine-inch frozen pie shells

2.20

2.39

16-oz. package of frozen green peas

1.56

1.67

Price given for Combined group of miscellaneous items (including coffee and ingredients to prepare the meal)

3.29

3.04

Total cost of Thanksgiving market basket

42.26

47.35

MARKET BASKET ITEM

Then in the Year:

If in the Year 2008

My Thanksgiving Market Basket cost:

2008

$47.35

1950

$5.29

2008

$47.35

1960

$6.50

2008

$47.35

1970

$8.52

2008

$47.35

1980

$18.10

2008

$47.35

1990

$28.70

2008

$47.35

2000

$37.62

2008

$47.35

2005

$42.89

Thanksgiving Dinner would have cost:

History of Thanksgiving in America • According to most historians, the Pilgrims never observed an annual Thanksgiving feast in autumn. In the year 1621, they did celebrate a feast near Plymouth, Massachusetts, following their first harvest. But this feast most people refer to as the first Thanksgiving was never repeated. Oddly enough, most devoutly religious pilgrims observed a day of thanksgiving with prayer and fasting, not feasting. Yet even though this harvest feast was never called Thanksgiving by the pilgrims of 1621, it has become the model for the traditional Thanksgiving celebrations in the United States. Firsthand

Timeline of in America •

• 1541 - Spanish explorer, Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, led a thanksgiving Communion celebration at the Palo Duro Canyon, West Texas. • 1565 - Pedro Menendez de Aviles and 800 settlers gathered for a meal with the Timucuan Indians in the Spanish colony of St. Augustine, Florida. • 1621 - Pilgrims and Native Americans celebrated a harvest feast in Plymouth, Massachusetts. • 1630 - Settlers observed the first Thanksgiving of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in New England on July 8, 1630. • 1777 - George Washington and his army on the way to Valley Forge, stopped in blistering weather in open fields to observe the first Thanksgiving of the new United States of America. • 1789 - President Washington declared November 26, 1789, as a national day of "thanksgiving and prayer." • 1800s - The annual presidential thanksgiving proclamations ceased for 45 years in the early 1800s. • 1863 - President Abraham Lincoln resumed the tradition of Thanksgiving proclamations in 1863. Since this date, Thanksgiving has been observed annually in the United States. • 1941 - President Roosevelt established the fourth Thursday in

Thanksgiving Football • Football is an important part of many Thanksgiving Day celebrations in the United States. • The Detroit Lions of the American National Football League have hosted a game every Thanksgiving Day since 1934 (except 1939-1944, during World War II). • The Dallas Cowboys have hosted a game every Thanksgiving Day since 1966 (except 1975 and 1977). • Many regional and rival college and high school football games are played on

Family and Friends •

My family always gets together at my mom’s house in New Jersey. We typically start our day off at the High School alumni football game reuniting with old friends. •

We load our bellies up with turkey, stuffing, vegetables , mashed potatoes, and you cant forget cranberry sauce.

• We typically eat around 3o’clock and then after that more friends and family stop by sporadically for some dessert, such as pumpkin pie, apple pie, and other assorted pastries. • Butterball Turkeys got their name because they were bred to have very broad breasts. At the time, these white-feathered turkeys were a new "state-of-the-art" variety. •

Butterball is headquartered in Mt. Olive, NC