Give Thanks

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Across
  1. 2. Back in the 1950s, police in this city used the term to describe the chaos that ensued on the day after Thanksgiving, when hordes of suburban shoppers and tourists flooded into the city.
  2. 5. Male turkeys are called this.
  3. 6. How many towns in the United States are named "Turkey"?
  4. 8. In 1927, who debuted the first oversized balloons in the Thanksgiving parade.
  5. 10. In 1621 this celebration marked the Pilgrims first autumn harvest.
  6. 11. The day after Thanksgiving, Americans line up in stores to purchase goods at a discounted price
  7. 13. This movement inspired a ballroom dance.
  8. 15. In 1953 this company was the first to produce the first turkey TV tray dinners
  9. 16. A desert made with orange-crusted custard made from strained, spiced and twice-cooked squash.
  10. 18. Turkey contains this natural sedative.
  11. 19. Thanksgiving occurs on what Thursday in November.
Down
  1. 1. The main purpose of Thanksgiving Day is to give this.
  2. 3. Most people take these after Thanksgiving dinner.
  3. 4. November 20,2007, this president granted a "pardon" to two turkeys
  4. 5. This Y-shaped bone is removed from the turkey and set aside to dry.
  5. 7. Pilgrims used this in a variety of foods.
  6. 9. Who was the 1st American department store to sponsor a parade in celebration of Thanksgiving?
  7. 12. Benjamin Franklin suggested that this wild bird would be a more appropriate national symbol than a bald eagle.
  8. 14. What holiday tradition took off in 1934?
  9. 17. In 1926, President Calvin Coolidge received this as a Thanksgiving gift.