Thanksgiving

4. an edible tropical tuber with pinkish orange, slightly sweet flesh
8. a group of one or more parents and their children living together as a unit.
9. prepare (food, a dish, or a meal) by combining and heating the ingredients in various ways.
11. a person who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons.
13. providing love or other emotional support; caring.
14. the process or period of gathering in crops.
15. a North American cereal plant that yields large grains, or kernels, set in rows on a cob.
17. the transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation, or the fact of being passed on in this way.
19. the day of the week before Friday and following Wednesday.
20. large mainly domesticated game bird native to North America, having a bald head and (in the male) red wattles. It is prized as food, especially on festive occasions such as Thanksgiving and Christmas.

1. potatoes that have been boiled and then crushed into a soft mass, typically with the addition of milk and butter.
2. a large meal, typically one in celebration of something.
3. a day of festivity or recreation when no work is done.
5. an open pie with a filling of custard made with pumpkin and spices, traditionally eaten in the US and Canada on Thanksgiving Day.
6. expressing gratitude and relief.
7. a season also known as autumn.
10. a sauce made from cooked meat juices together with stock and other ingredients.
12. a small red acid berry used in cooking.
16. the eleventh month of the year, in the northern hemisphere usually considered the last month of autumn.
18. a person who is not an enemy or who is on the same side.