Thanksgiving Crossword 2022

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  1. 3. Native American tribe that participated in the first Thanksgiving
  2. 8. This president refused to honor Thanksgiving as a national holiday
  3. 9. Good grief! A Thanksgiving special featuring this cartoon character will celebrate its 49th anniversary in 2022
  4. 11. This traditional Thanksgiving event began in Buffalo, New York in 1896
  5. 12. The month in which the first Thanksgiving celebration most likely occurred
  6. 14. Department store that sponsored the first Thanksgiving parade in Philadelphia in 1920
  7. 15. Group of tradesmen who do more business on Black Friday than any other day of the year
  8. 16. Five U.S. townships in three states (North Carolina, Ohio, and Pennsylvania) share their names with this popular Thanksgiving ingredient
Down
  1. 1. John F. Kennedy was the first president to do this, but George H. W. Bush made it an annual tradition
  2. 2. Colchester, a town in this state, postponed Thanksgiving for a week in 1705 due to a pumpkin pie shortage
  3. 4. Prior to 1928, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade used live animals from this zoo, rather than balloons
  4. 5. The sound commonly believed to be made by all turkeys, but actually only by male ones
  5. 6. A casserole made from this was first introduced to Thanksgiving dinners in 1955
  6. 7. Number of turkeys prepared in the United States for Thanksgiving, in millions
  7. 10. Surveys have shown that eighty percent of Americans actually prefer these to their Thanksgiving dinners
  8. 13. The name of President Calvin Coolidge's Thanksgiving gift turned pet raccoon