Turkey Talk: Fun and Friendly Topics for Thanksgiving Dinner

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Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

When politics are not welcome at your Thanksgiving table, here is a list of fun topics to discuss and conversation starters:

If you won $1 million, what would you spend your money on?
If you could have a pet turkey, what would be its name?
Which family member would make the best turkey?
What is the best Thanksgiving side/dish?
What is the worst Thanksgiving side/dish?
Which Thanksgiving dish/side matches your personality?
What random food would you like to add to the Thanksgiving table?
What is something this year you are grateful for?
What is still on your bucket list?
If you could invite any 3 people to your Thanksgiving table, who would they be and why?
If you could start a new Thanksgiving tradition, what would it be?
If Thanksgiving was a sport how would you score points?
If you could write a Thanksgiving song what would the name be?
If you could be invited to any person’s (could be celebrity) Thanksgiving dinner, who would it be?
If $5 million were given to the fastest person to eat a whole Thanksgiving Dinner, how fast would everyone around the table be able to finish?

Here are also a few miscellaneous fun facts about Thanksgiving:

The first Thanksgiving took place in September or October, not November!
Turkey was not the main dish – It was most likely seafood, venison, duck, and goose!
The average Thanksgiving meal is 4,500 calories!
Almost 80 million Americans travel each year for Thanksgiving!
Last year, almost 300 million people ate Turkey during Thanksgiving!
Each Thanksgiving, about 50 million pumpkin pies get eaten!
4 towns in America are named Turkey!
Minnesota is the state that raises the most turkeys, raising 44 million turkeys each year!
There are over 200 potential Thanksgiving dishes to serve!
The 1st president to pardon a Thanksgiving turkey is JFK!
According to a poll, people like leftovers more than Thanksgiving dinner!