There are 17 ridges on a 14-ounce can of Ocean Spray Jellied Cranberry Sauce.

Stuffing, mashed potatoes with gravy, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie are all dishes native to the Americas or introduced as a new food source to the Europeans when they arrived in the New World.

If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share.

The Butterball Turkey Hotline answers more than 100,000 questions during the holiday season each year.

Charlie Brown and Sally are preparing to go to their grandmother's place for Thanksgiving dinner when Charlie Brown gets a phone call from Peppermint Patty, who invites herself over to Charlie Brown's house for the holiday. Two quick subsequent phone calls add Marcie and Franklin to the guest list.

The parade became known nationwide after being prominently featured in the 1947 film, Miracle on 34th Street, which included footage of the 1946 festivities.

On December 26, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a joint resolution of Congress changing the national Thanksgiving Day from the last Thursday in November to the fourth Thursday. Two years earlier, Roosevelt had used a presidential proclamation to try to achieve this change, reasoning that earlier celebration of the holiday would give the country an economic boost.

A male turkey is called a tom or a gobbler, a female turkey a hen, and a baby turkey a poult.

Plymouth Rock is said to mark the spot where William Bradford and the pilgrims who founded Plymouth Colony disembarked from the Mayflower. It is stamped with the date of their arrival in the new world, 1620.

Cranberries bounce over a 4-inch board when harvested, according to the Nantucket Conservation Foundation. Firm berries bounce, while the softer, overripe berries drop to the bottom of the sorter and are discarded.