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* UsefulNotes.ThanksgivingDay: An annual holiday celebrated in the UsefulNotes/UnitedStates and UsefulNotes/{{Canada}}.
* ThanksgivingEpisode: An episode of a show celebrating UsefulNotes/ThanksgivingDay.
* ''Film/Thanksgiving2023'': A slasher movie directed by Creator/EliRoth based on a fake trailer from ''Film/{{Grindhouse}}''.
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Thanksgiving is an [[AmericanHolidays American holiday]] celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November[[hottip:*:Other countries have similar holidays, and we'll get to that]]. The story goes that it all started with the Puritans who first colonized [[HollywoodNewEngland Plymouth, Massachusetts]]. After they nearly starved to death, the Native Americans showed them how to plant the native crops and thus live, and they all had a feast together sometime in October. This, however, was a one-off thing; days of Thanksgiving were an old English custom, called by local authorities or church to celebrate some significant event (typically the end of a major crisis, but sometimes an unusually large harvest or some other "good" event), and could be declared more or less whenever. However, it is true that the harvest would be marked with a Thanksgiving Day across most of New England and in states settled by Yankees (e.g. Michigan and parts of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois)
In the early 19th Century, New England novelist Sara Josepha Hale[[hottip:*:also known for writing ''Mary had a Little Lamb'']] suggested that Americans needed to revive this tradition of giving thanks. Thanksgiving was occasionally observed in New England, but Hale wanted to see it on a bigger scale. In 1846, she started a letter-writing campaign advocating a national day of thanks. She wrote to anybody she thought could help: mayors, governors, postmasters, dog catchers, and Presidents [[ZacharyTaylor Taylor]], [[MillardFillmore Filmore]], [[FranklinPierce Pierce]], [[JamesBuchanan Buchanan]], and [[AbrahamLincoln Lincoln]]. In 1863, [[TheDeterminator seventeen years into Hale's campaign]], President Lincoln instituted a national day of thanks around the end of November (around the end of harvest season across much of the North) in order to raise morale. This holiday has a direct continuity to the pseudo-harvest festival of the present. The date moved around a bit, but settled into its current position in 1941.
The choice of meat at the original feast is thought by historians to have been venison, but Ms. Hale put turkey on the map by publishing a Thanksgiving edition of her magazine, including turkey-centric feasts[[hottip:*:turkeys were native to the New York area; if she'd been Southern, we might be talking about Thanksgiving ham instead (which isn't an uncommon alternative for those who don't like turkey...and many families even have turkey ''and'' ham for Thanksgiving dinner). American Jews, now you know what to say you're thankful for next Thanksgiving.]]. The poultry industry capitalized on this through heavy advertising and PR events in the first half of the 20th century, cementing turkey as the Thanksgiving meal of choice, with an assist from the US military, which served turkey to the troops on Thanksgiving as the standard holiday meal thanks to turkey being relatively cheap. (The tradition continues in the armed forces to this day, even resulting in the creation of a platoon-sized forward deployable Thanksgiving turkey dinner with all the trimmings, so troops on the front lines can have a taste of home.) The President these days receives two live turkeys for Thanksgiving, who receive Presidential pardons and a cushy (if short) life at a DC local petting zoo.
Nowadays, however, Thanksgiving (or Turkey Day, as it is sometimes nicknamed) involves going home to one's extended family and having an enormous dinner together, made up of turkey, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, stuffing, and other such foods, followed by dessert, usually pumpkin pie and other pies. The time not spent eating is spent either watching parades (some of which, such as the Macy's parade in NewYorkCity, are famous for their enormous character balloons) or TV specials. [[UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball Football]] is also a major part of Thanksgiving, with the NFL playing the Thanksgiving Classic -- until recently, the only professional game to be played on a weekday (if you're not counting MondayNightFootball); historically this was the game during which the whole eastern part of the country would see who the Dallas Cowboys would beat up and who will beat up the [[MotorCity Detroit]] [[ButtMonkey Lions]], although more games are played in this age of cable and satellite TV. The NCAA generally plays some games on Thanksgiving night or on the following Friday.
The day after Thanksgiving is Black Friday, the official start of the holiday shopping season, so named because shop keepers traditionally hoped to make a lot of money from people shopping for the holiday season, back when profits were hand-written into ledgers in black ink, and losses were written in red ink. In more recent years, "Black" Friday has a more negative connotation for those working in retail, who dread this day with a passion. It's when ''everybody'' goes out shopping, many of them waking up at 3 a.m. to do so (or, in particularly insane instances, camping out overnight in the parking lot), waiting in obscenely long lines, and occasionally getting into fights, because most holiday gifts tend to run out of stock very quickly (toys and high-end electronics have been known to sell out ''within an hour''). If the name "Black Friday" sounds more ominous than the day deserves, note that in 2008, a Wal-Mart employee got ''trampled to death'' right after ''unlocking the front doors.''
Did we mention that there's also a Thanksgiving in Canada? Its origins aren't so mythologized, and it happens on the second Monday in October, but many of the traditions (a big meal, pumpkins, cornucopias, etc.) are shared. There are some differences, however: there aren't really any Canadian Thanksgiving parades (the only parade on Thanksgiving is actually supposed to be for {{Oktoberfest}}, which is around the same time); Thanksgiving is still considered quasi-religious in Canada (after all, whom exactly are you thanking? If you answered {{God}}, you're right), and since the holiday falls in October, the link with the end of the football season (yes, there's Canadian football) isn't really there, although there are usually two Canadian Football League games played that day as "Thanksgiving Classics," which usually involve nearby rivals, such as Toronto vs. Hamilton or Edmonton vs. Calgary.[[hottip:*:For those unfamiliar with Canadian geography, Toronto and Hamilton are both in Ontario, in the central-eastern part of Canada, while Edmonton and Calgary are in Alberta in the west.]]
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!!Examples of this holiday in media:
[[AC:{{Film}} (Live Action)]]
* Gleefully mocked in [[Series/TheAddamsFamily The Addams Family Values]], where Wednesday pointed out just how badly Native Americans got screwed over.
* EliRoth's fake trailer ''Thanksgiving'' from ''{{Grindhouse}}'', a parody of [[HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday holiday horror flicks]].
** For some actual Turkey Day horrors, there's ''[[{{Film/HomeSweetHome}} Home Sweet Home]]'', ''BloodRage'', ''[[{{Seance}} Séance]]'', ''[[{{Thankskilling}} ThanksKilling]]'' and ''{{Alien Abduction Incident in Lake County}}''.
* ''HannahAndHerSisters'' begins at a Thanksgiving dinner party and follows the characters for a little more than a year. The ending is a semi-epilogue set at Thanksgiving a year after that.
* ''Home For The Holidays''
* ''[[ForYourConsideration Home For Purim]]'' was transformed into this to make it appeal to a wider audience.
* ''{{Miracle On 34th Street}}'' actually begins on Thanksgiving with the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade in need of a Santa Claus performer (in RealLife, the parade always ends with a Santa's sleigh float, and thus Santa).
* The film ''PlanesTrainsAndAutomobiles'' is all about a guy trying to make it home for Thanksgiving.
* In his ''Little Movie Glossary,'' film critic RogerEbert notes that "Of all the holidays on the calendar, Thanksgiving is the one most often chosen by the movies to show dysfunctional families in meltdown. The title card 'Thanksgiving' is a guarantee that shameful secrets, towering rages and massive depression will be presented, along with alarming alcohol abuse." Examples include ''Home for the Holidays'' and ''The Ice Storm''.
[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* ''AllInTheFamily'''s ReTool ''ArchieBunkersPlace'' had a Thanksgiving episode that was notable for being the last time that all four original cast members from ''AllInTheFamily'' appeared together.
* ''TheBobNewhartShow'' had two Thanksgiving episodes. The second one, involving Emily going out of town and leaving Bob to share a drunken holiday with his pals over Chinese food, leads to one of the show's [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Crowning Moments of Funny]].
* ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' had a Thanksgiving Day episode during which [[ButtMonkey Xander]] was cursed by a Native American spirit with the diseases brought over by Europeans.
* ''{{Cheers}}'' has a Thanksgiving episode that culminates in a no-holds-barred FoodFight among the cast.
* ''{{Friends}}'' has a Thanksgiving episode in all but one season.
* On ''GilmoreGirls'', Lorelei and Rory attend four different Thanksgiving dinners in the episode ''A Deep Fried Korean Thanksgiving''.
* ''MadAboutYou'' had multiple Thanksgiving episodes over its run. Perhaps the most famous is "Giblets for Murray", where Paul and Jamie have to deal with overbearing parents trying to take over the meal, then having to replace the turkey ''multiple times'' after Murray (the dog, if you remember) eating the first one, without anyone finding out (everyone finds out eventually, but the parents don't tell the couple that they know).
* ''TheMiddle'' has had a Thanksgiving episode in all three of its seasons so far.
* ''ModernFamily'': "Punkin Chunkin".
* ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'' has been tied in with the holiday ever since its debut on local Minneapolis TV station KTMA on Thanksgiving Day in 1988. After it became a national sensation, ComedyCentral would run several Thanksgiving Day marathons of ''MST3K'' episodes over the years, dubbed "Turkey Day" to reference both the holiday and the film "turkeys" highlighted by the series. Many marathons featured special Thanksgiving-themed episode introductions with the show's characters, and an entire set of alternate Thanksgiving-themed host segments were created for the debut of ''NightOfTheBloodBeast''; in reruns, they were replaced with the standard segments.
* The ''{{Peanuts}}'' special ''A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving''.
* ''{{Reba}}'' had not one, but two, Thanksgiving episodes.
* ''{{Roseanne}}'' had several Thanksgiving episodes throughout the show's run.
* ''TheSimpsons'''s Season 2 episode "Bart vs. Thanksgiving" has been a favorite for years.
* On ''ThirdRockFromTheSun'', Thanksgiving was the aliens' first Earth holiday. The episode also marked the first appearance of Mrs. Dubcek's daughter Vicki, who would became a recurring love interest for Harry. Unaware of Black Friday, Sally mentions in TheTag that tomorrow she will "spend a nice peaceful day at the mall".
* ''[[TwoBrokeGirls 2 Broke Girls]]'' had a combined Thanksgiving/Christmas episode: "And the Very Christmas Thanksgiving".
* ''WKRPInCincinnati'' had the infamous "Turkeys Away" episode, often regarded as the series' CrowningMomentOfFunny.
[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* ''TheClevelandShow'' Thanksgiving episode has the blended family struggling to get along, not entirely helped by the appearance of [[WholesomeCrossdresser "Auntie Mama"]], an eccentric advice dispenser.
* ''TheFairlyOddparents'' storybook ''In a Tizzy over Turkey''.
* ''{{Garfield}}'' had a Thanksgiving Day special, centered around Garfield being put on a diet by his vet shortly before Thanksgiving, with said vet coming to dinner that day, keeping him from pigging out like he wants to.
* ''The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn't'', a 1972 HannaBarbera special about a squirrel rescuing a pair of lost boys (one a Pilgrim, another a Native American).* One story arc in ''WesternAnimation/{{Underdog}}'' has Simon Barsinister go back in time to sabotage the founding of Plymouth Plantation so that there will be no Thanksgiving. Why? Because his plan to conquer the city depended on him accessing a certain device at a certain time, which he couldn't get to because the Thanksgiving Day Parade was blocking the street. Given that he had a time machine, there were much simpler ways to solve the problem (Such as going back in time to earlier that morning and crossing the street before the parade started), [[ComplexityAddiction but he never considers them]].
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In the early 19th Century, New England novelist Sara Josepha Hale[[hottip:*:also known for writing ''Mary had a Little Lamb'']] suggested that Americans needed to revive this tradition of giving thanks. Thanksgiving was occasionally observed in New England, but Hale wanted to see it on a bigger scale. In 1846, she started a letter-writing campaign advocating a national day of thanks. She wrote to anybody she thought could help: mayors, governors, postmasters, dog catchers, and Presidents [[ZacharyTaylor Taylor]], [[MillardFillmore Filmore]], [[FranklinPierce Pierce]], [[JamesBuchanan Buchanan]], and [[AbrahamLincoln Lincoln]]. In 1863, [[TheDeterminator seventeen years into Hale's campaign]], President Lincoln instituted a national day of thanks around the end of November (around the end of harvest season across much of the North) in order to raise morale. This holiday has a direct continuity to the pseudo-harvest festival of the present. The date moved around a bit, but settled into its current position in 1941.
The choice of meat at the original feast is thought by historians to have been venison, but Ms. Hale put turkey on the map by publishing a Thanksgiving edition of her magazine, including turkey-centric feasts[[hottip:*:turkeys were native to the New York area; if she'd been Southern, we might be talking about Thanksgiving ham instead (which isn't an uncommon alternative for those who don't like turkey...and many families even have turkey ''and'' ham for Thanksgiving dinner). American Jews, now you know what to say you're thankful for next Thanksgiving.]]. The poultry industry capitalized on this through heavy advertising and PR events in the first half of the 20th century, cementing turkey as the Thanksgiving meal of choice, with an assist from the US military, which served turkey to the troops on Thanksgiving as the standard holiday meal thanks to turkey being relatively cheap. (The tradition continues in the armed forces to this day, even resulting in the creation of a platoon-sized forward deployable Thanksgiving turkey dinner with all the trimmings, so troops on the front lines can have a taste of home.) The President these days receives two live turkeys for Thanksgiving, who receive Presidential pardons and a cushy (if short) life at a DC local petting zoo.
Nowadays, however, Thanksgiving (or Turkey Day, as it is sometimes nicknamed) involves going home to one's extended family and having an enormous dinner together, made up of turkey, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, stuffing, and other such foods, followed by dessert, usually pumpkin pie and other pies. The time not spent eating is spent either watching parades (some of which, such as the Macy's parade in NewYorkCity, are famous for their enormous character balloons) or TV specials. [[UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball Football]] is also a major part of Thanksgiving, with the NFL playing the Thanksgiving Classic -- until recently, the only professional game to be played on a weekday (if you're not counting MondayNightFootball); historically this was the game during which the whole eastern part of the country would see who the Dallas Cowboys would beat up and who will beat up the [[MotorCity Detroit]] [[ButtMonkey Lions]], although more games are played in this age of cable and satellite TV. The NCAA generally plays some games on Thanksgiving night or on the following Friday.
The day after Thanksgiving is Black Friday, the official start of the holiday shopping season, so named because shop keepers traditionally hoped to make a lot of money from people shopping for the holiday season, back when profits were hand-written into ledgers in black ink, and losses were written in red ink. In more recent years, "Black" Friday has a more negative connotation for those working in retail, who dread this day with a passion. It's when ''everybody'' goes out shopping, many of them waking up at 3 a.m. to do so (or, in particularly insane instances, camping out overnight in the parking lot), waiting in obscenely long lines, and occasionally getting into fights, because most holiday gifts tend to run out of stock very quickly (toys and high-end electronics have been known to sell out ''within an hour''). If the name "Black Friday" sounds more ominous than the day deserves, note that in 2008, a Wal-Mart employee got ''trampled to death'' right after ''unlocking the front doors.''
Did we mention that there's also a Thanksgiving in Canada? Its origins aren't so mythologized, and it happens on the second Monday in October, but many of the traditions (a big meal, pumpkins, cornucopias, etc.) are shared. There are some differences, however: there aren't really any Canadian Thanksgiving parades (the only parade on Thanksgiving is actually supposed to be for {{Oktoberfest}}, which is around the same time); Thanksgiving is still considered quasi-religious in Canada (after all, whom exactly are you thanking? If you answered {{God}}, you're right), and since the holiday falls in October, the link with the end of the football season (yes, there's Canadian football) isn't really there, although there are usually two Canadian Football League games played that day as "Thanksgiving Classics," which usually involve nearby rivals, such as Toronto vs. Hamilton or Edmonton vs. Calgary.[[hottip:*:For those unfamiliar with Canadian geography, Toronto and Hamilton are both in Ontario, in the central-eastern part of Canada, while Edmonton and Calgary are in Alberta in the west.]]
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!!Examples of this holiday in media:
[[AC:{{Film}} (Live Action)]]
* Gleefully mocked in [[Series/TheAddamsFamily The Addams Family Values]], where Wednesday pointed out just how badly Native Americans got screwed over.
* EliRoth's fake trailer ''Thanksgiving'' from ''{{Grindhouse}}'', a parody of [[HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday holiday horror flicks]].
** For some actual Turkey Day horrors, there's ''[[{{Film/HomeSweetHome}} Home Sweet Home]]'', ''BloodRage'', ''[[{{Seance}} Séance]]'', ''[[{{Thankskilling}} ThanksKilling]]'' and ''{{Alien Abduction Incident in Lake County}}''.
* ''HannahAndHerSisters'' begins at a Thanksgiving dinner party and follows the characters for a little more than a year. The ending is a semi-epilogue set at Thanksgiving a year after that.
* ''Home For The Holidays''
* ''[[ForYourConsideration Home For Purim]]'' was transformed into this to make it appeal to a wider audience.
* ''{{Miracle On 34th Street}}'' actually begins on Thanksgiving with the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade in need of a Santa Claus performer (in RealLife, the parade always ends with a Santa's sleigh float, and thus Santa).
* The film ''PlanesTrainsAndAutomobiles'' is all about a guy trying to make it home for Thanksgiving.
* In his ''Little Movie Glossary,'' film critic RogerEbert notes that "Of all the holidays on the calendar, Thanksgiving is the one most often chosen by the movies to show dysfunctional families in meltdown. The title card 'Thanksgiving' is a guarantee that shameful secrets, towering rages and massive depression will be presented, along with alarming alcohol abuse." Examples include ''Home for the Holidays'' and ''The Ice Storm''.
[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* ''AllInTheFamily'''s ReTool ''ArchieBunkersPlace'' had a Thanksgiving episode that was notable for being the last time that all four original cast members from ''AllInTheFamily'' appeared together.
* ''TheBobNewhartShow'' had two Thanksgiving episodes. The second one, involving Emily going out of town and leaving Bob to share a drunken holiday with his pals over Chinese food, leads to one of the show's [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Crowning Moments of Funny]].
* ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' had a Thanksgiving Day episode during which [[ButtMonkey Xander]] was cursed by a Native American spirit with the diseases brought over by Europeans.
* ''{{Cheers}}'' has a Thanksgiving episode that culminates in a no-holds-barred FoodFight among the cast.
* ''{{Friends}}'' has a Thanksgiving episode in all but one season.
* On ''GilmoreGirls'', Lorelei and Rory attend four different Thanksgiving dinners in the episode ''A Deep Fried Korean Thanksgiving''.
* ''MadAboutYou'' had multiple Thanksgiving episodes over its run. Perhaps the most famous is "Giblets for Murray", where Paul and Jamie have to deal with overbearing parents trying to take over the meal, then having to replace the turkey ''multiple times'' after Murray (the dog, if you remember) eating the first one, without anyone finding out (everyone finds out eventually, but the parents don't tell the couple that they know).
* ''TheMiddle'' has had a Thanksgiving episode in all three of its seasons so far.
* ''ModernFamily'': "Punkin Chunkin".
* ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'' has been tied in with the holiday ever since its debut on local Minneapolis TV station KTMA on Thanksgiving Day in 1988. After it became a national sensation, ComedyCentral would run several Thanksgiving Day marathons of ''MST3K'' episodes over the years, dubbed "Turkey Day" to reference both the holiday and the film "turkeys" highlighted by the series. Many marathons featured special Thanksgiving-themed episode introductions with the show's characters, and an entire set of alternate Thanksgiving-themed host segments were created for the debut of ''NightOfTheBloodBeast''; in reruns, they were replaced with the standard segments.
* The ''{{Peanuts}}'' special ''A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving''.
* ''{{Reba}}'' had not one, but two, Thanksgiving episodes.
* ''{{Roseanne}}'' had several Thanksgiving episodes throughout the show's run.
* ''TheSimpsons'''s Season 2 episode "Bart vs. Thanksgiving" has been a favorite for years.
* On ''ThirdRockFromTheSun'', Thanksgiving was the aliens' first Earth holiday. The episode also marked the first appearance of Mrs. Dubcek's daughter Vicki, who would became a recurring love interest for Harry. Unaware of Black Friday, Sally mentions in TheTag that tomorrow she will "spend a nice peaceful day at the mall".
* ''[[TwoBrokeGirls 2 Broke Girls]]'' had a combined Thanksgiving/Christmas episode: "And the Very Christmas Thanksgiving".
* ''WKRPInCincinnati'' had the infamous "Turkeys Away" episode, often regarded as the series' CrowningMomentOfFunny.
[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* ''TheClevelandShow'' Thanksgiving episode has the blended family struggling to get along, not entirely helped by the appearance of [[WholesomeCrossdresser "Auntie Mama"]], an eccentric advice dispenser.
* ''TheFairlyOddparents'' storybook ''In a Tizzy over Turkey''.
* ''{{Garfield}}'' had a Thanksgiving Day special, centered around Garfield being put on a diet by his vet shortly before Thanksgiving, with said vet coming to dinner that day, keeping him from pigging out like he wants to.
* ''The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn't'', a 1972 HannaBarbera special about a squirrel rescuing a pair of lost boys (one a Pilgrim, another a Native American).* One story arc in ''WesternAnimation/{{Underdog}}'' has Simon Barsinister go back in time to sabotage the founding of Plymouth Plantation so that there will be no Thanksgiving. Why? Because his plan to conquer the city depended on him accessing a certain device at a certain time, which he couldn't get to because the Thanksgiving Day Parade was blocking the street. Given that he had a time machine, there were much simpler ways to solve the problem (Such as going back in time to earlier that morning and crossing the street before the parade started), [[ComplexityAddiction but he never considers them]].
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In the early 19th Century, New England novelist Sara Josepha Hale[[hottip:*:also known for writing ''Mary had a Little Lamb'']] suggested that Americans needed to revive this tradition of giving thanks. Thanksgiving was occasionally observed in New England, but Hale wanted to see it on a bigger scale. In 1846, she started a letter-writing campaign advocating a national day of thanks. She wrote to anybody she thought could help: mayors, governors, postmasters, dog catchers, and Presidents [[ZacharyTaylor Taylor]], [[MillardFillmore Filmore]], [[FranklinPierce Pierce]], [[JamesBuchanan Buchanan]], and [[AbrahamLincoln Lincoln]]. In 1863, [[TheDeterminator seventeen years into Hale's campaign]], President Lincoln instituted a national day of thanks around the end of November (around the end of harvest season across much of the North) in order to raise morale. This holiday has a direct continuity to the pseudo-harvest festival of the present. The date moved around a bit, but settled into its current position in 1941.
The choice of meat at the original feast is thought by historians to have been venison, but Ms. Hale put turkey on the map by publishing a Thanksgiving edition of her magazine, including turkey-centric feasts[[hottip:*:turkeys were native to the New York area; if she'd been Southern, we might be talking about Thanksgiving ham instead (which isn't an uncommon alternative for those who don't like turkey...and many families even have turkey ''and'' ham for Thanksgiving dinner). American Jews, now you know what to say you're thankful for next Thanksgiving.]]. The poultry industry capitalized on this through heavy advertising and PR events in the first half of the 20th century, cementing turkey as the Thanksgiving meal of choice, with an assist from the US military, which served turkey to the troops on Thanksgiving as the standard holiday meal thanks to turkey being relatively cheap. (The tradition continues in the armed forces to this day, even resulting in the creation of a platoon-sized forward deployable Thanksgiving turkey dinner with all the trimmings, so troops on the front lines can have a taste of home.) The President these days receives two live turkeys for Thanksgiving, who receive Presidential pardons and a cushy (if short) life at a DC local petting zoo.
Nowadays, however, Thanksgiving (or Turkey Day, as it is sometimes nicknamed) involves going home to one's extended family and having an enormous dinner together, made up of turkey, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, stuffing, and other such foods, followed by dessert, usually pumpkin pie and other pies. The time not spent eating is spent either watching parades (some of which, such as the Macy's parade in NewYorkCity, are famous for their enormous character balloons) or TV specials. [[UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball Football]] is also a major part of Thanksgiving, with the NFL playing the Thanksgiving Classic -- until recently, the only professional game to be played on a weekday (if you're not counting MondayNightFootball); historically this was the game during which the whole eastern part of the country would see who the Dallas Cowboys would beat up and who will beat up the [[MotorCity Detroit]] [[ButtMonkey Lions]], although more games are played in this age of cable and satellite TV. The NCAA generally plays some games on Thanksgiving night or on the following Friday.
The day after Thanksgiving is Black Friday, the official start of the holiday shopping season, so named because shop keepers traditionally hoped to make a lot of money from people shopping for the holiday season, back when profits were hand-written into ledgers in black ink, and losses were written in red ink. In more recent years, "Black" Friday has a more negative connotation for those working in retail, who dread this day with a passion. It's when ''everybody'' goes out shopping, many of them waking up at 3 a.m. to do so (or, in particularly insane instances, camping out overnight in the parking lot), waiting in obscenely long lines, and occasionally getting into fights, because most holiday gifts tend to run out of stock very quickly (toys and high-end electronics have been known to sell out ''within an hour''). If the name "Black Friday" sounds more ominous than the day deserves, note that in 2008, a Wal-Mart employee got ''trampled to death'' right after ''unlocking the front doors.''
Did we mention that there's also a Thanksgiving in Canada? Its origins aren't so mythologized, and it happens on the second Monday in October, but many of the traditions (a big meal, pumpkins, cornucopias, etc.) are shared. There are some differences, however: there aren't really any Canadian Thanksgiving parades (the only parade on Thanksgiving is actually supposed to be for {{Oktoberfest}}, which is around the same time); Thanksgiving is still considered quasi-religious in Canada (after all, whom exactly are you thanking? If you answered {{God}}, you're right), and since the holiday falls in October, the link with the end of the football season (yes, there's Canadian football) isn't really there, although there are usually two Canadian Football League games played that day as "Thanksgiving Classics," which usually involve nearby rivals, such as Toronto vs. Hamilton or Edmonton vs. Calgary.[[hottip:*:For those unfamiliar with Canadian geography, Toronto and Hamilton are both in Ontario, in the central-eastern part of Canada, while Edmonton and Calgary are in Alberta in the west.]]
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!!Examples of this holiday in media:
[[AC:{{Film}} (Live Action)]]
* Gleefully mocked in [[Series/TheAddamsFamily The Addams Family Values]], where Wednesday pointed out just how badly Native Americans got screwed over.
* EliRoth's fake trailer ''Thanksgiving'' from ''{{Grindhouse}}'', a parody of [[HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday holiday horror flicks]].
** For some actual Turkey Day horrors, there's ''[[{{Film/HomeSweetHome}} Home Sweet Home]]'', ''BloodRage'', ''[[{{Seance}} Séance]]'', ''[[{{Thankskilling}} ThanksKilling]]'' and ''{{Alien Abduction Incident in Lake County}}''.
* ''HannahAndHerSisters'' begins at a Thanksgiving dinner party and follows the characters for a little more than a year. The ending is a semi-epilogue set at Thanksgiving a year after that.
* ''Home For The Holidays''
* ''[[ForYourConsideration Home For Purim]]'' was transformed into this to make it appeal to a wider audience.
* ''{{Miracle On 34th Street}}'' actually begins on Thanksgiving with the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade in need of a Santa Claus performer (in RealLife, the parade always ends with a Santa's sleigh float, and thus Santa).
* The film ''PlanesTrainsAndAutomobiles'' is all about a guy trying to make it home for Thanksgiving.
* In his ''Little Movie Glossary,'' film critic RogerEbert notes that "Of all the holidays on the calendar, Thanksgiving is the one most often chosen by the movies to show dysfunctional families in meltdown. The title card 'Thanksgiving' is a guarantee that shameful secrets, towering rages and massive depression will be presented, along with alarming alcohol abuse." Examples include ''Home for the Holidays'' and ''The Ice Storm''.
[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* ''AllInTheFamily'''s ReTool ''ArchieBunkersPlace'' had a Thanksgiving episode that was notable for being the last time that all four original cast members from ''AllInTheFamily'' appeared together.
* ''TheBobNewhartShow'' had two Thanksgiving episodes. The second one, involving Emily going out of town and leaving Bob to share a drunken holiday with his pals over Chinese food, leads to one of the show's [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Crowning Moments of Funny]].
* ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' had a Thanksgiving Day episode during which [[ButtMonkey Xander]] was cursed by a Native American spirit with the diseases brought over by Europeans.
* ''{{Cheers}}'' has a Thanksgiving episode that culminates in a no-holds-barred FoodFight among the cast.
* ''{{Friends}}'' has a Thanksgiving episode in all but one season.
* On ''GilmoreGirls'', Lorelei and Rory attend four different Thanksgiving dinners in the episode ''A Deep Fried Korean Thanksgiving''.
* ''MadAboutYou'' had multiple Thanksgiving episodes over its run. Perhaps the most famous is "Giblets for Murray", where Paul and Jamie have to deal with overbearing parents trying to take over the meal, then having to replace the turkey ''multiple times'' after Murray (the dog, if you remember) eating the first one, without anyone finding out (everyone finds out eventually, but the parents don't tell the couple that they know).
* ''TheMiddle'' has had a Thanksgiving episode in all three of its seasons so far.
* ''ModernFamily'': "Punkin Chunkin".
* ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'' has been tied in with the holiday ever since its debut on local Minneapolis TV station KTMA on Thanksgiving Day in 1988. After it became a national sensation, ComedyCentral would run several Thanksgiving Day marathons of ''MST3K'' episodes over the years, dubbed "Turkey Day" to reference both the holiday and the film "turkeys" highlighted by the series. Many marathons featured special Thanksgiving-themed episode introductions with the show's characters, and an entire set of alternate Thanksgiving-themed host segments were created for the debut of ''NightOfTheBloodBeast''; in reruns, they were replaced with the standard segments.
* The ''{{Peanuts}}'' special ''A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving''.
* ''{{Reba}}'' had not one, but two, Thanksgiving episodes.
* ''{{Roseanne}}'' had several Thanksgiving episodes throughout the show's run.
* ''TheSimpsons'''s Season 2 episode "Bart vs. Thanksgiving" has been a favorite for years.
* On ''ThirdRockFromTheSun'', Thanksgiving was the aliens' first Earth holiday. The episode also marked the first appearance of Mrs. Dubcek's daughter Vicki, who would became a recurring love interest for Harry. Unaware of Black Friday, Sally mentions in TheTag that tomorrow she will "spend a nice peaceful day at the mall".
* ''[[TwoBrokeGirls 2 Broke Girls]]'' had a combined Thanksgiving/Christmas episode: "And the Very Christmas Thanksgiving".
* ''WKRPInCincinnati'' had the infamous "Turkeys Away" episode, often regarded as the series' CrowningMomentOfFunny.
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* ''TheClevelandShow'' Thanksgiving episode has the blended family struggling to get along, not entirely helped by the appearance of [[WholesomeCrossdresser "Auntie Mama"]], an eccentric advice dispenser.
* ''TheFairlyOddparents'' storybook ''In a Tizzy over Turkey''.
* ''{{Garfield}}'' had a Thanksgiving Day special, centered around Garfield being put on a diet by his vet shortly before Thanksgiving, with said vet coming to dinner that day, keeping him from pigging out like he wants to.
* ''The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn't'', a 1972 HannaBarbera special about a squirrel rescuing a pair of lost boys (one a Pilgrim, another a Native American).* One story arc in ''WesternAnimation/{{Underdog}}'' has Simon Barsinister go back in time to sabotage the founding of Plymouth Plantation so that there will be no Thanksgiving. Why? Because his plan to conquer the city depended on him accessing a certain device at a certain time, which he couldn't get to because the Thanksgiving Day Parade was blocking the street. Given that he had a time machine, there were much simpler ways to solve the problem (Such as going back in time to earlier that morning and crossing the street before the parade started), [[ComplexityAddiction but he never considers them]].
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* ''AllInTheFamily'''s ReTool ''ArchieBunkersPlace'' had a Thanksgiving episode that was notable for being the last time that all four original cast members from ''AllInTheFamily'' appeared together.* ''TheBobNewhartShow'' had two Thanksgiving episodes. The second one, involving Emily going out of town and leaving Bob to share a drunken holiday with his pals over Chinese food, leads to one of the show's [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Crowning Moments of Funny]].
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* ''AllInTheFamily'''s ReTool ''ArchieBunkersPlace'' had a Thanksgiving episode that was notable for being the last time that all four original cast members from ''AllInTheFamily'' appeared together.together.
* ''TheBobNewhartShow'' had two Thanksgiving episodes. The second one, involving Emily going out of town and leaving Bob to share a drunken holiday with his pals over Chinese food, leads to one of the show's [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Crowning Moments of Funny]].
* ''TheBobNewhartShow'' had two Thanksgiving episodes. The second one, involving Emily going out of town and leaving Bob to share a drunken holiday with his pals over Chinese food, leads to one of the show's [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Crowning Moments of Funny]].
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* Gleefully mocked in [[Series/TheAddamsFamily The Addams Family Values]], where Wednesday pointed out just how badly Native Americans got screwed over. * EliRoth's fake trailer ''Thanksgiving'' from ''{{Grindhouse}}'', a parody of [[HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday holiday horror flicks]].
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* Gleefully mocked in [[Series/TheAddamsFamily The Addams Family Values]], where Wednesday pointed out just how badly Native Americans got screwed over.
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* EliRoth's fake trailer ''Thanksgiving'' from ''{{Grindhouse}}'', a parody of [[HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday holiday horror flicks]].
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* ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' had a Thanksgiving Day episode during which [[ButtMonkey Xander]] was cursed by a Native American spirit with the diseases brought over by Europeans.
* ''TheClevelandShow'' Thanksgiving episode has the blended family struggling to get along, not entirely helped by the appearance of [[WholesomeCrossdresser "Auntie Mama"]], an eccentric advice dispenser.
* The film ''PlanesTrainsAndAutomobiles'' is all about a guy trying to make it home for Thanksgiving.
* ''TheClevelandShow'' Thanksgiving episode has the blended family struggling to get along, not entirely helped by the appearance of [[WholesomeCrossdresser "Auntie Mama"]], an eccentric advice dispenser.
* The film ''PlanesTrainsAndAutomobiles'' is all about a guy trying to make it home for Thanksgiving.
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* ''TheSimpsons'''s Season 2 episode "Bart vs. Thanksgiving" has been a favorite for years.
* ''{{Reba}}'' had not one, but two, Thanksgiving episodes.
* ''{{Roseanne}}'' had several Thanksgiving episodes throughout the show's run.
* On ''GilmoreGirls'', Lorelei and Rory attend four different Thanksgiving dinners in the episode ''A Deep Fried Korean Thanksgiving''.
* The ''{{Peanuts}}'' special ''A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving''.
* ''TheBobNewhartShow'' had two Thanksgiving episodes. The second one, involving Emily going out of town and leaving Bob to share a drunken holiday with his pals over Chinese food, leads to one of the show's [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Crowning Moments of Funny]].
* ''{{Cheers}}'' has a Thanksgiving episode that culminates in a no-holds-barred FoodFight among the cast.
* ''WKRPInCincinnati'' had the infamous "Turkeys Away" episode, often regarded as the series' CrowningMomentOfFunny.
* ''{{Friends}}'' has a Thanksgiving episode in all but one season.
* ''MadAboutYou'' had multiple Thanksgiving episodes over its run. Perhaps the most famous is "Giblets for Murray", where Paul and Jamie have to deal with overbearing parents trying to take over the meal, then having to replace the turkey ''multiple times'' after Murray (the dog, if you remember) eating the first one, without anyone finding out (everyone finds out eventually, but the parents don't tell the couple that they know).
* ''{{Reba}}'' had not one, but two, Thanksgiving episodes.
* ''{{Roseanne}}'' had several Thanksgiving episodes throughout the show's run.
* On ''GilmoreGirls'', Lorelei and Rory attend four different Thanksgiving dinners in the episode ''A Deep Fried Korean Thanksgiving''.
* The ''{{Peanuts}}'' special ''A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving''.
* ''TheBobNewhartShow'' had two Thanksgiving episodes. The second one, involving Emily going out of town and leaving Bob to share a drunken holiday with his pals over Chinese food, leads to one of the show's [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Crowning Moments of Funny]].
* ''{{Cheers}}'' has a Thanksgiving episode that culminates in a no-holds-barred FoodFight among the cast.
* ''WKRPInCincinnati'' had the infamous "Turkeys Away" episode, often regarded as the series' CrowningMomentOfFunny.
* ''{{Friends}}'' has a Thanksgiving episode in all but one season.
* ''MadAboutYou'' had multiple Thanksgiving episodes over its run. Perhaps the most famous is "Giblets for Murray", where Paul and Jamie have to deal with overbearing parents trying to take over the meal, then having to replace the turkey ''multiple times'' after Murray (the dog, if you remember) eating the first one, without anyone finding out (everyone finds out eventually, but the parents don't tell the couple that they know).
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* ''{{Reba}}'' had not one, but two, Thanksgiving episodes.
* ''{{Roseanne}}'' had several Thanksgiving episodes throughout the show's run.
* On ''GilmoreGirls'', Lorelei and Rory attend four different Thanksgiving dinners in the episode ''A Deep Fried Korean Thanksgiving''.
* ''TheBobNewhartShow'' had two Thanksgiving episodes. The second one, involving Emily going out of town and leaving Bob to share a drunken holiday with his pals over Chinese food, leads to one of the show's [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Crowning Moments of Funny]].
* ''{{Cheers}}'' has a Thanksgiving episode that culminates in a no-holds-barred FoodFight among the cast.
* ''WKRPInCincinnati'' had the infamous "Turkeys Away" episode, often regarded as the series' CrowningMomentOfFunny.
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* ''TheFairlyOddparents'' storybook ''In a Tizzy over Turkey''.
* On ''ThirdRockFromTheSun'', Thanksgiving was the aliens' first Earth holiday. The episode also marked the first appearance of Mrs. Dubcek's daughter Vicki, who would became a recurring love interest for Harry. Unaware of Black Friday, Sally mentions in TheTag that tomorrow she will "spend a nice peaceful day at the mall".
* One story arc in ''WesternAnimation/{{Underdog}}'' has Simon Barsinister go back in time to sabotage the founding of Plymouth Plantation so that there will be no Thanksgiving. Why? Because his plan to conquer the city depended on him accessing a certain device at a certain time, which he couldn't get to because the Thanksgiving Day Parade was blocking the street. Given that he had a time machine, there were much simpler ways to solve the problem (Such as going back in time to earlier that morning and crossing the street before the parade started), [[ComplexityAddiction but he never considers them]].
* ''{{Garfield}}'' had a Thanksgiving Day special, centered around Garfield being put on a diet by his vet shortly before Thanksgiving, with said vet coming to dinner that day, keeping him from pigging out like he wants to.
* ''AllInTheFamily'''s ReTool ''ArchieBunkersPlace'' had a Thanksgiving episode that was notable for being the last time that all four original cast members from ''AllInTheFamily'' appeared together.
* ''The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn't'', a 1972 HannaBarbera special about a squirrel rescuing a pair of lost boys (one a Pilgrim, another a Native American).
* On ''ThirdRockFromTheSun'', Thanksgiving was the aliens' first Earth holiday. The episode also marked the first appearance of Mrs. Dubcek's daughter Vicki, who would became a recurring love interest for Harry. Unaware of Black Friday, Sally mentions in TheTag that tomorrow she will "spend a nice peaceful day at the mall".
* One story arc in ''WesternAnimation/{{Underdog}}'' has Simon Barsinister go back in time to sabotage the founding of Plymouth Plantation so that there will be no Thanksgiving. Why? Because his plan to conquer the city depended on him accessing a certain device at a certain time, which he couldn't get to because the Thanksgiving Day Parade was blocking the street. Given that he had a time machine, there were much simpler ways to solve the problem (Such as going back in time to earlier that morning and crossing the street before the parade started), [[ComplexityAddiction but he never considers them]].
* ''{{Garfield}}'' had a Thanksgiving Day special, centered around Garfield being put on a diet by his vet shortly before Thanksgiving, with said vet coming to dinner that day, keeping him from pigging out like he wants to.
* ''AllInTheFamily'''s ReTool ''ArchieBunkersPlace'' had a Thanksgiving episode that was notable for being the last time that all four original cast members from ''AllInTheFamily'' appeared together.
* ''The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn't'', a 1972 HannaBarbera special about a squirrel rescuing a pair of lost boys (one a Pilgrim, another a Native American).
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* On ''ThirdRockFromTheSun'', Thanksgiving was the aliens' first Earth holiday. The episode also marked the first appearance of Mrs. Dubcek's daughter Vicki, who would became a recurring love interest for Harry. Unaware of Black Friday, Sally mentions in TheTag that tomorrow she will "spend a nice peaceful day at the mall".
* One story arc in ''WesternAnimation/{{Underdog}}'' has Simon Barsinister go back in time to sabotage the founding of Plymouth Plantation so that there will be no Thanksgiving. Why? Because his plan to conquer the city depended on him accessing a certain device at a certain time, which he couldn't get to because the Thanksgiving Day Parade was blocking the street. Given that he had a time machine, there were much simpler ways to solve the problem (Such as going back in time to earlier that morning and crossing the street before the parade started), [[ComplexityAddiction but he never considers them]].
* ''{{Garfield}}'' had a Thanksgiving Day special, centered around Garfield being put on a diet by his vet shortly before Thanksgiving, with said vet coming to dinner that day, keeping him from pigging out like he wants to.
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* ''AllInTheFamily'''s ReTool ''ArchieBunkersPlace'' had a Thanksgiving episode that was notable for being the last time that all four original cast members from ''AllInTheFamily'' appeared
* ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' had a Thanksgiving Day episode during which [[ButtMonkey Xander]] was cursed by a Native
* ''{{Cheers}}'' has a Thanksgiving episode that culminates in a no-holds-barred FoodFight among the cast.
* ''{{Friends}}'' has a Thanksgiving episode in all but one season.
* On ''GilmoreGirls'', Lorelei and Rory attend four different Thanksgiving dinners in the episode ''A Deep Fried Korean Thanksgiving''.
* ''MadAboutYou'' had multiple Thanksgiving episodes over its run. Perhaps the most famous is "Giblets for Murray", where Paul and Jamie have to deal with overbearing parents trying to take over the meal, then having to replace the turkey ''multiple times'' after Murray (the dog, if you remember) eating the first one, without anyone finding out (everyone finds out eventually, but the parents don't tell the couple that they know).
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* ''ModernFamily'': "Punkin Chunkin"
* ''[[TwoBrokeGirls 2 Broke Girls]]'' had a combined Thanksgiving/Christmas episode: "And the Very Christmas Thanksgiving"
* ''[[TwoBrokeGirls 2 Broke Girls]]'' had a combined Thanksgiving/Christmas episode: "And the Very Christmas Thanksgiving"
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* ''ModernFamily'': "Punkin Chunkin"
* ''[[TwoBrokeGirls 2 Broke Girls]]'' had a combined Thanksgiving/Christmas episode: "And the Very Christmas Thanksgiving"Chunkin".
* ''[[TwoBrokeGirls 2 Broke Girls]]'' had a combined Thanksgiving/Christmas episode: "And the Very Christmas Thanksgiving"
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* Gleefully mocked in [[Series/TheAddamsFamily The Addams Family Values]], where Wednesday pointed out just how badly Native Americans got screwed over.
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* Gleefully mocked in [[Series/TheAddamsFamily The Addams Family Values]], where Wednesday pointed ''{{Peanuts}}'' special ''A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving''.
* ''{{Reba}}'' had not one, but two, Thanksgiving episodes.
* ''{{Roseanne}}'' had several Thanksgiving episodes throughout the show's run.
* ''TheSimpsons'''s Season 2 episode "Bart vs. Thanksgiving" has been a favorite for years.
* On ''ThirdRockFromTheSun'', Thanksgiving was the aliens' first Earth holiday. The episode also marked the first appearance of Mrs. Dubcek's daughter Vicki, who would became a recurring love interest for Harry. Unaware of Black Friday, Sally mentions in TheTag that tomorrow she will "spend a nice peaceful day at the mall".
* ''[[TwoBrokeGirls 2 Broke Girls]]'' had a combined Thanksgiving/Christmas episode: "And the Very Christmas Thanksgiving".
* ''WKRPInCincinnati'' had the infamous "Turkeys Away" episode, often regarded as the series' CrowningMomentOfFunny.
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* ''TheClevelandShow'' Thanksgiving episode has the blended family struggling to get along, not entirely helped by the appearance of [[WholesomeCrossdresser "Auntie Mama"]], an eccentric advice dispenser.
* ''TheFairlyOddparents'' storybook ''In a Tizzy over Turkey''.
* ''{{Garfield}}'' had a Thanksgiving Day special, centered around Garfield being put on a diet by his vet shortly before Thanksgiving, with said vet coming to dinner that day, keeping him from pigging outjust how badly like he wants to.
* ''The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn't'', a 1972 HannaBarbera special about a squirrel rescuing a pair of lost boys (one a Pilgrim, another a NativeAmericans got screwed over. American).* One story arc in ''WesternAnimation/{{Underdog}}'' has Simon Barsinister go back in time to sabotage the founding of Plymouth Plantation so that there will be no Thanksgiving. Why? Because his plan to conquer the city depended on him accessing a certain device at a certain time, which he couldn't get to because the Thanksgiving Day Parade was blocking the street. Given that he had a time machine, there were much simpler ways to solve the problem (Such as going back in time to earlier that morning and crossing the street before the parade started), [[ComplexityAddiction but he never considers them]].
* ''{{Reba}}'' had not one, but two, Thanksgiving episodes.
* ''{{Roseanne}}'' had several Thanksgiving episodes throughout the show's run.
* ''TheSimpsons'''s Season 2 episode "Bart vs. Thanksgiving" has been a favorite for years.
* On ''ThirdRockFromTheSun'', Thanksgiving was the aliens' first Earth holiday. The episode also marked the first appearance of Mrs. Dubcek's daughter Vicki, who would became a recurring love interest for Harry. Unaware of Black Friday, Sally mentions in TheTag that tomorrow she will "spend a nice peaceful day at the mall".
* ''[[TwoBrokeGirls 2 Broke Girls]]'' had a combined Thanksgiving/Christmas episode: "And the Very Christmas Thanksgiving".
* ''WKRPInCincinnati'' had the infamous "Turkeys Away" episode, often regarded as the series' CrowningMomentOfFunny.
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* ''TheClevelandShow'' Thanksgiving episode has the blended family struggling to get along, not entirely helped by the appearance of [[WholesomeCrossdresser "Auntie Mama"]], an eccentric advice dispenser.
* ''TheFairlyOddparents'' storybook ''In a Tizzy over Turkey''.
* ''{{Garfield}}'' had a Thanksgiving Day special, centered around Garfield being put on a diet by his vet shortly before Thanksgiving, with said vet coming to dinner that day, keeping him from pigging out
* ''The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn't'', a 1972 HannaBarbera special about a squirrel rescuing a pair of lost boys (one a Pilgrim, another a Native
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Did we mention that there's also a Thanksgiving in Canada? Its origins aren't so mythologized, and it happens on the second Monday in October, but many of the traditions (a big meal, pumpkins, cornucopias, etc.) are shared. There are some differences, however: there aren't really any Canadian Thanksgiving parades (the only parade on Thanksgiving is actually supposed to be for {{Oktoberfest}}, which is around the same time); Thanksgiving is still considered quasi-religious in Canada (after all, whom exactly are you thanking? If you answered {{God}}, you're right), and since the holiday falls in October, the link with the end of the football season (yes, there's Canadian football) isn't really there, athough there are usually two Canadian Football League games played that day as "Thanksgiving Classics," which usually involve nearby rivals, such as Toronto vs. Hamilton or Edmonton vs. Calgary.[[hottip:*:For those unfamiliar with Canadian geography, Toronto and Hamilton are both in Ontario, in the central-eastern part of Canada, while Edmonton and Calgary are in Alberta in the west.]]
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Did we mention that there's also a Thanksgiving in Canada? Its origins aren't so mythologized, and it happens on the second Monday in October, but many of the traditions (a big meal, pumpkins, cornucopias, etc.) are shared. There are some differences, however: there aren't really any Canadian Thanksgiving parades (the only parade on Thanksgiving is actually supposed to be for {{Oktoberfest}}, which is around the same time); Thanksgiving is still considered quasi-religious in Canada (after all, whom exactly are you thanking? If you answered {{God}}, you're right), and since the holiday falls in October, the link with the end of the football season (yes, there's Canadian football) isn't really there, athough although there are usually two Canadian Football League games played that day as "Thanksgiving Classics," which usually involve nearby rivals, such as Toronto vs. Hamilton or Edmonton vs. Calgary.[[hottip:*:For those unfamiliar with Canadian geography, Toronto and Hamilton are both in Ontario, in the central-eastern part of Canada, while Edmonton and Calgary are in Alberta in the west.]]
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* ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'' has been tied in with the holiday ever since its debut on local Minneapolis TV station KTMA on Thanksgiving Day in 1988. After it became a national sensation, ComedyCentral would run several Thanksgiving Day marathons of ''MST3K'' episodes over the years, dubbed "Turkey Day" to reference both the holiday and the film "turkeys" highlighted by the series. Many marathons featured special Thanksgiving-themed episode introductions with the show's characters, and an entire set of alternate Thanksgiving-themed host segments were created for the debut of ''NightOfTheBloodBeast''; in reruns, they were replaced with the standard segments.
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* ''ModernFamily'': "Punkin Chunkin"
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* ''ModernFamily'': "Punkin Chunkin"
* ''[[TwoBrokeGirls 2 Broke Girls]]'' had a combined Thanksgiving/Christmas episode: "And the Very Christmas Thanksgiving"
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* ''HomeForTheHolidays''''HannahAndHerSisters'' begins at a Thanksgiving dinner party and follows the characters for a little more than a year. The ending is a semi-epilogue set at Thanksgiving a year after that.
* ''Home For The Holidays''
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The choice of meat at the original feast is thought by historians to have been venison, but Ms. Hale put turkey on the map by publishing a Thanksgiving edition of her magazine, including turkey-centric feasts[[hottip:*:turkeys were native to the New York area; if she'd been Southern, we might be talking about Thanksgiving ham instead. American Jews, now you know what to say you're thankful for next Thanksgiving.]]. The poultry industry capitalized on this through heavy advertising and PR events in the first half of the 20th century, cementing turkey as the Thanksgiving meal of choice, with an assist from the US military, which served turkey to the troops on Thanksgiving as the standard holiday meal thanks to turkey being relatively cheap. (The tradition continues in the armed forces to this day, even resulting in the creation of a platoon-sized forward deployable Thanksgiving turkey dinner with all the trimmings, so troops on the front lines can have a taste of home.) The President these days receives two live turkeys for Thanksgiving, who receive Presidential pardons and a cushy (if short) life at a DC local petting zoo.
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The choice of meat at the original feast is thought by historians to have been venison, but Ms. Hale put turkey on the map by publishing a Thanksgiving edition of her magazine, including turkey-centric feasts[[hottip:*:turkeys were native to the New York area; if she'd been Southern, we might be talking about Thanksgiving ham instead.instead (which isn't an uncommon alternative for those who don't like turkey...and many families even have turkey ''and'' ham for Thanksgiving dinner). American Jews, now you know what to say you're thankful for next Thanksgiving.]]. The poultry industry capitalized on this through heavy advertising and PR events in the first half of the 20th century, cementing turkey as the Thanksgiving meal of choice, with an assist from the US military, which served turkey to the troops on Thanksgiving as the standard holiday meal thanks to turkey being relatively cheap. (The tradition continues in the armed forces to this day, even resulting in the creation of a platoon-sized forward deployable Thanksgiving turkey dinner with all the trimmings, so troops on the front lines can have a taste of home.) The President these days receives two live turkeys for Thanksgiving, who receive Presidential pardons and a cushy (if short) life at a DC local petting zoo.
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The day after Thanksgiving is Black Friday, the official start of the holiday shopping season, so named because shop keepers traditionally hoped to make a lot of money from people shopping for the holiday season, back when profits were hand-written into ledgers in black ink, and losses were written in red ink. In more recent years, "Black" Friday has a more negative connotation for those working in retail, who dread this day with a passion. It's when ''everybody'' goes out shopping, many of them waking up at 3 a.m. to do so, waiting in obscenely long lines, and occasionally getting into fights, because most holiday gifts tend to run out of stock very quickly (toys and high-end electronics have been known to sell out ''within an hour''). If the name "Black Friday" sounds more ominous than the day deserves, note that in 2008, a Wal-Mart employee got ''trampled to death'' right after ''unlocking the front doors.''
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The day after Thanksgiving is Black Friday, the official start of the holiday shopping season, so named because shop keepers traditionally hoped to make a lot of money from people shopping for the holiday season, back when profits were hand-written into ledgers in black ink, and losses were written in red ink. In more recent years, "Black" Friday has a more negative connotation for those working in retail, who dread this day with a passion. It's when ''everybody'' goes out shopping, many of them waking up at 3 a.m. to do so, so (or, in particularly insane instances, camping out overnight in the parking lot), waiting in obscenely long lines, and occasionally getting into fights, because most holiday gifts tend to run out of stock very quickly (toys and high-end electronics have been known to sell out ''within an hour''). If the name "Black Friday" sounds more ominous than the day deserves, note that in 2008, a Wal-Mart employee got ''trampled to death'' right after ''unlocking the front doors.''
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In the early 19th Century, New England novelist Sara Josepha Hale[[hottip:*:also known for writing ''Mary had a Little Lamb'']] suggested that Americans needed to revive this tradition of giving thanks. Thanksgiving was occasionally observed in New England, but Hale wanted to see it on a bigger scale. In 1846, she started a letter-writing campaign advocating a national day of thanks. She wrote to anybody she thought could help: mayors, governors, postmasters, dog catchers, and Presidents [[ZacharyTaylor Taylor]], [[MillardFillmore Filmore]], [[FranklinPierce Pierce]], [[JamesBuchanan Buchanan]], and [[AbrahamLincoln Lincoln]]. In 1863, [[TheDeterminator seventeen years into Hale's campaign]], President Lincoln instituted a national day of thanks around the end of November (around the end of harvest season across much of the North) in order to raise morale. This holiday has a direct continuity to the pseudo-harvest festival of the present. The date moved around a bit, but settled into its current position in 1941.
The choice of meat at the original feast is thought by historians to have been venison, but Ms. Hale put turkey on the map by publishing a Thanksgiving edition of her magazine, including turkey-centric feasts[[hottip:*:turkeys were native to the New York area; if she'd been Southern, we might be talking about Thanksgiving ham instead. American Jews, now you know what to say you're thankful for next Thanksgiving.]]. The poultry industry capitalized on this through heavy advertising and PR events in the first half of the 20th century, cementing turkey as the Thanksgiving meal of choice, with an assist from the US military, which served turkey to the troops on Thanksgiving as the standard holiday meal thanks to turkey being relatively cheap. (The tradition continues in the armed forces to this day, even resulting in the creation of a platoon-sized forward deployable Thanksgiving turkey dinner with all the trimmings, so troops on the front lines can have a taste of home.)
The choice of meat at the original feast is thought by historians to have been venison, but Ms. Hale put turkey on the map by publishing a Thanksgiving edition of her magazine, including turkey-centric feasts[[hottip:*:turkeys were native to the New York area; if she'd been Southern, we might be talking about Thanksgiving ham instead. American Jews, now you know what to say you're thankful for next Thanksgiving.]]. The poultry industry capitalized on this through heavy advertising and PR events in the first half of the 20th century, cementing turkey as the Thanksgiving meal of choice, with an assist from the US military, which served turkey to the troops on Thanksgiving as the standard holiday meal thanks to turkey being relatively cheap. (The tradition continues in the armed forces to this day, even resulting in the creation of a platoon-sized forward deployable Thanksgiving turkey dinner with all the trimmings, so troops on the front lines can have a taste of home.)
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In the early 19th Century, New England novelist Sara Josepha Hale[[hottip:*:also known for writing ''Mary had a Little Lamb'']] suggested that Americans needed to revive this tradition of giving thanks. Thanksgiving was occasionally observed in New England, but Hale wanted to see it on a bigger scale. In 1846, she started a letter-writing campaign advocating a national day of thanks. She wrote to anybody she thought could help: mayors, governors, postmasters, dog catchers, and Presidents [[ZacharyTaylor Taylor]], [[MillardFillmore Filmore]], [[FranklinPierce Pierce]], [[JamesBuchanan Buchanan]], and [[AbrahamLincoln Lincoln]]. In 1863, [[TheDeterminator seventeen years into Hale's campaign]], President Lincoln instituted a national day of thanks around the end of November (around the end of harvest season across much of the North) in order to raise morale. This holiday has a direct continuity to the pseudo-harvest festival of the present. The date moved around a bit, but settled into its current position in 1941.
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The choice of meat at the original feast is thought by historians to have been venison, but Ms. Hale put turkey on the map by publishing a Thanksgiving edition of her magazine, including turkey-centric feasts[[hottip:*:turkeys were native to the New York area; if she'd been Southern, we might be talking about Thanksgiving ham instead. American Jews, now you know what to say you're thankful for next Thanksgiving.]]. The poultry industry capitalized on this through heavy advertising and PR events in the first half of the 20th century, cementing turkey as the Thanksgiving meal of choice, with an assist from the US military, which served turkey to the troops on Thanksgiving as the standard holiday meal thanks to turkey being relatively cheap. (The tradition continues in the armed forces to this day, even resulting in the creation of a platoon-sized forward deployable Thanksgiving turkey dinner with all the trimmings, so troops on the front lines can have a taste of home.)
) The President these days receives two live turkeys for Thanksgiving, who receive Presidential pardons and a cushy (if short) life at a DC local petting zoo.
The choice of meat at the original feast is thought by historians to have been venison, but Ms. Hale put turkey on the map by publishing a Thanksgiving edition of her magazine, including turkey-centric feasts[[hottip:*:turkeys were native to the New York area; if she'd been Southern, we might be talking about Thanksgiving ham instead. American Jews, now you know what to say you're thankful for next Thanksgiving.]]. The poultry industry capitalized on this through heavy advertising and PR events in the first half of the 20th century, cementing turkey as the Thanksgiving meal of choice, with an assist from the US military, which served turkey to the troops on Thanksgiving as the standard holiday meal thanks to turkey being relatively cheap. (The tradition continues in the armed forces to this day, even resulting in the creation of a platoon-sized forward deployable Thanksgiving turkey dinner with all the trimmings, so troops on the front lines can have a taste of home.
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The choice of meat at the original feast is thought by historians to have been venison, but Ms. Hale put turkey on the map by publishing a Thanksgiving edition of her magazine, including turkey-centric feasts[[hottip:*:turkeys were native to the New York area; if she'd been Southern, we might be talking about Thanksgiving ham instead. American Jews, now you know what to say you're thankful for next Thanksgiving.]]. The poultry industry capitalized on this through heavy advertising and PR events in the first half of the 20th century, cementing turkey as the Thanksgiving meal of choice.
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The choice of meat at the original feast is thought by historians to have been venison, but Ms. Hale put turkey on the map by publishing a Thanksgiving edition of her magazine, including turkey-centric feasts[[hottip:*:turkeys were native to the New York area; if she'd been Southern, we might be talking about Thanksgiving ham instead. American Jews, now you know what to say you're thankful for next Thanksgiving.]]. The poultry industry capitalized on this through heavy advertising and PR events in the first half of the 20th century, cementing turkey as the Thanksgiving meal of choice.
choice, with an assist from the US military, which served turkey to the troops on Thanksgiving as the standard holiday meal thanks to turkey being relatively cheap. (The tradition continues in the armed forces to this day, even resulting in the creation of a platoon-sized forward deployable Thanksgiving turkey dinner with all the trimmings, so troops on the front lines can have a taste of home.)
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The day after Thanksgiving is Black Friday, the official start of the holiday shopping season, so named because those working in retail dread this day with a passion. It's when ''everybody'' goes out shopping, many of them waking up at 3 a.m. to do so, waiting in obscenely long lines, and occasionally getting into fights, because most holiday gifts tend to run out of stock very quickly (toys and high-end electronics have been known to sell out ''within an hour''). If the name "Black Friday" sounds more ominous than the day deserves, note that in 2008, a Wal-Mart employee got ''trampled to death'' right after ''unlocking the front doors.''
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The day after Thanksgiving is Black Friday, the official start of the holiday shopping season, so named because shop keepers traditionally hoped to make a lot of money from people shopping for the holiday season, back when profits were hand-written into ledgers in black ink, and losses were written in red ink. In more recent years, "Black" Friday has a more negative connotation for those working in retail retail, who dread this day with a passion. It's when ''everybody'' goes out shopping, many of them waking up at 3 a.m. to do so, waiting in obscenely long lines, and occasionally getting into fights, because most holiday gifts tend to run out of stock very quickly (toys and high-end electronics have been known to sell out ''within an hour''). If the name "Black Friday" sounds more ominous than the day deserves, note that in 2008, a Wal-Mart employee got ''trampled to death'' right after ''unlocking the front doors.''
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Turns out that reason was invented by retail execs in a PR-saving move.
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(Actually, it's called Black Friday because it's the beginning of the season when retailers start turning a real profit for the year, known as being "in the black" due to the accounting practice of writing negative numbers in red ink and positive numbers in black ink. Oh, and since everyone's stomachs and refrigerators are full and they want to buy products that won't spoil before December 25th, it is the ''BEST'' day to be working at a supermarket.)
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* ''The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn't'', a 1972 HannaBarbera special about a squirrel rescuing a pair of lost boys (one a Pilgrim, another a Native American).
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* ''AllInTheFamily'''s ReTool ''ArchieBunkersPlace'' had a Thanksgiving episode that was notable for being the last time that all four original cast members from ''AllInTheFamily'' appeared together.
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The day after Thanksgiving is Black Friday, the official start of the holiday shopping season, so named because those working in retail dread this day with a passion.[[hottip:*:Less ominously, it also refers to businesses being "in the black"--being able to write profits in black as opposed to losses in red.]] It's when ''everybody'' goes out shopping, many of them waking up at 3 a.m. to do so, waiting in obscenely long lines, and occasionally getting into fights, because most holiday gifts tend to run out of stock very quickly (toys and high-end electronics have been known to sell out ''within an hour''). If the name "Black Friday" sounds more ominous than the day deserves, note that in 2008, a Wal-Mart employee got ''trampled to death'' right after ''unlocking the front doors.''
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The day after Thanksgiving is Black Friday, the official start of the holiday shopping season, so named because those working in retail dread this day with a passion.[[hottip:*:Less ominously, it also refers to businesses being "in the black"--being able to write profits in black as opposed to losses in red.]] It's when ''everybody'' goes out shopping, many of them waking up at 3 a.m. to do so, waiting in obscenely long lines, and occasionally getting into fights, because most holiday gifts tend to run out of stock very quickly (toys and high-end electronics have been known to sell out ''within an hour''). If the name "Black Friday" sounds more ominous than the day deserves, note that in 2008, a Wal-Mart employee got ''trampled to death'' right after ''unlocking the front doors.''
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The day after Thanksgiving is Black Friday, the official start of the holiday shopping season, so named because those working in retail dread this day with a passion. It's when ''everybody'' goes out shopping, many of them waking up at 3 a.m. to do so, waiting in obscenely long lines, and occasionally getting into fights, because most holiday gifts tend to run out of stock very quickly (toys and high-end electronics have been known to sell out ''within an hour''). If the name "Black Friday" sounds more ominous than the day deserves, note that in 2008, a Wal-Mart employee got ''trampled to death'' right after ''unlocking the front doors.''
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The day after Thanksgiving is Black Friday, the official start of the holiday shopping season, so named because those working in retail dread this day with a passion. [[hottip:*:Less ominously, it also refers to businesses being "in the black"--being able to write profits in black as opposed to losses in red.]] It's when ''everybody'' goes out shopping, many of them waking up at 3 a.m. to do so, waiting in obscenely long lines, and occasionally getting into fights, because most holiday gifts tend to run out of stock very quickly (toys and high-end electronics have been known to sell out ''within an hour''). If the name "Black Friday" sounds more ominous than the day deserves, note that in 2008, a Wal-Mart employee got ''trampled to death'' right after ''unlocking the front doors.''
