Smiley Lifting Solutions wants to wish all of our employees a happy and safe Thanksgiving!

Be the Funniest Person at the Table

• “What did the turkey say to the turkey hunter on Thanksgiving Day?” “Quack, Quack!”
• “Why did the farmer have to separate the chicken and the turkey?” “He sensed fowl play.”
• “What key has legs and can’t open a door?” “A turkey.”
• “Why did they let the turkey join the band?” “Because he had his own drumsticks.”
• “What happened to the turkey that got in a fight?” “He got the stuffing knocked out of him!”
• “You know you overdid it at Thanksgiving when you thought the serving size for turkey was one.”
• “Why shouldn’t you sit next to a turkey at dinner?” “Because he will gobble it up.”
• “If you call a big turkey a gobbler, what do you call a small one?” “A goblet.”
• “What do you call a running turkey?” “Fast food.”
• “What’s blue and covered in feathers?” “A turkey holding its breath.”
• “What’s the best song to play while cooking a turkey?” “All about that baste.”
• “Why did the turkey cross the road?” “He wanted people to think he was a chicken.”
• “Why was the turkey put in jail?” “The police suspected fowl play.”
• “How come the turkey didn’t eat dinner?” “He was already stuffed.”
• “What did the turkey say to the computer?” “Google, google.”
• “What do you get if you cross a turkey with a ghost?” “A poultry-geist.”
• “What kind of weather does a turkey like?” “Fowl weather.”
• “What did the leftover turkey say?” “Make me a sandwich!”

Be the Smartest Person at the Table

• The first Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621 over a three day harvest festival. It included 50 Pilgrims, 90 Wampanoag Indians, and lasted three days. It is believed by historians that only five women were present.
• Turkey wasn’t on the menu at the first Thanksgiving. Venison, duck, goose, oysters, lobster, eel, and fish were likely served, alongside pumpkins and cranberries (but not pumpkin pie or cranberry sauce!).
• Abraham Lincoln proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday on October 3, 1863. Sarah Josepha Hale, the woman who wrote “Mary Had A Little Lamb,” convinced Lincoln to make Thanksgiving a national holiday after writing letters for 17 years.
• The history of U.S. presidents pardoning turkeys is patchy. Harry Truman is often credited with being the first president to pardon a turkey, but that’s not quite true. He was the first to receive a ceremonial turkey from the National Turkey Federation – and he had it for dinner. John F. Kennedy was the first to let a Thanksgiving turkey go, followed by Richard Nixon who sent his turkey to a petting zoo. George H.W. Bush is the president who formalized the turkey pardoning tradition in 1989.
• There are four towns in the United States named “Turkey.” They can be found in Arizona, Texas, Louisiana, and North Carolina.
• The average number of calories consumed on Thanksgiving is 4,500.
• Butterball answers more than 100,000 turkey-cooking questions via their Butterball Turkey Hotline each November and December.
• The tradition of football on Thanksgiving began in 1876 with a game between Yale and Princeton. The first NFL games were played on Thanksgiving in 1920.
• More than 54 million Americans are expected to travel during the Thanksgiving holiday this year. That’s up 4.8% from last year.