Maybe this week people will wanna play! :-)

I’ll get the credits up after the Holiday Crazy! :-)

1. According to the Butterball corporation, they recommend that you thaw a wrapped turkey in the refrigerator how long per 4 pounds of bird? It’s ONE whole day per 4 lbs. (wrapped laying on it’s breast side up
2. The Greek Goddess of Corn is: Demeter
3. The first department store to hold a Thanksgiving parade was...? Gimbel’s Dept. Store in Philadelphia in 1920
4. What is the name of the famous rock credited to where the pilgrims first landed? Plymouth Rock.  Iceprincezz got this one right!
5. The Indians who were invited to the Thanksgiving feast were of the Wampanoag tribe. Who was their chief? Massasoit
6. What was the name of the ship the pilgrims came over on?  Who was the captain of this ship? Mayflower, Christopher Jones
7. Thanksgiving became a national holiday thanks to this woman who was an editor of a woman’s magazine called “The Godey’s Lady’s Book” Sarah Hale. Born 1788. Died 1879. She hand-wrote letters to Congress for years to establish Thanksgiving.”
8. What was the original name for the pilgrims?  Puritans - They wanted to purify the Church of England
9. Which President moved Thanksgiving up one week to help stimulate the Christmas shopping economy? Franklin Roosevelt —But it did not go over very well.  And in 1941 Congress ruled that Thanksgiving always be the 4th Thursday in November, and made it a Federal Holiday.
10. In what year did the first Macy’s Thanksgiving parade take place? 1924
11. Every year the President of the US pardons a turkey and it goes to a public farm called Frying Pan Park, Herndon, VA. Which president is believed to be the first to pardon a turkey and start this annual tradition? President Truman in 1947
12. In 1943, Norman Rockwell created his famous “Freedom From Want” illustration by using a Thanksgiving dinner as an example of this. This illustration first appeared on which magazine?  The Saturday Evening Post. Iceprincezz got this one right!