Thanksgiving Tidbits:
- Pilgrims most likely ate Venison, Fowl (Geese and Duck), corn, nuts, shellfish.
- Colonists didn’t have potatoes, butter, sugar, or flour so we can safely assume there weren’t any mashed potatoes or pies.
- Turkeys are native to the Americas. European explorers brought wild turkeys’ home with them in the early 1500’s.
- Only male turkeys, or toms, can make a call known as a gobble.
- The loose skin attached to the underside of a turkey’s beak is called a wattle.
Christmas Tidbits:
- First commercial Christmas Card was printed in London, England in 1843.
- The First White House Christmas Card was sent in 1953 from the administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
- In 1962, the U.S. Post Office Department issued its first Christmas stamp in Pittsburgh.
- Germany is credited with starting the first American Christmas tree.
- The first president to set up a Christmas tree in the White House was Franklin Pierce in 1856.