Mid-Day Recap (Thursday, 11/24/16)

Bible Trivia Question:
Which tribe had 700 left-handed soldiers?

- Judah

- Dan

- Levi

- Benjamin

Thanksgiving Facts:

-The first Thanksgiving was held in the autumn of 1621

Thanksgiving didn't become a national holiday until over 200 years later

- It was President  Lincoln who issued an 1863 proclamation calling on Americans to "set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next as a day of thanksgiving”.

- Thomas Jefferson thought the concept of Thanksgiving was "the most ridiculous idea I’ve ever heard."

- Benjamin Franklin wanted the turkey to be the national bird, not the eagle.

- 91% of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving Day.

- Americans eat 46 million turkeys each Thanksgiving, an average of 736 million pounds.

- The average Thanksgiving turkey weighs 15 pounds.

- More than 40 million green bean casseroles are served on Thanksgiving. (Campbell's soup created green bean casserole for an annual cookbook 50 years ago.)

- Twenty percent of cranberries eaten are eaten on Thanksgiving.

- About 50 million pumpkin pies are consumed each Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Fun Fact:

The cranberry is a symbol and a modern diet staple of thanksgiving. Originally called crane berry, it derived its name from its pink blossoms and drooping head, which reminded the Pilgrims of a crane.

Contrary to popular belief, Native Americans did not eat cranberries. They did, however, find them extremely useful for dying fabric and decorating pottery.

A Thanksgiving Fact:

Thanksgiving was almost a fast — not a feast! The early settlers gave thanks by praying and abstaining from food, which is what they planned on doing to celebrate their first harvest, that is, until the Wampanoag Indians joined them and (lucky for us!) turned their fast into a three-day feast!

Matt's Musing: #musing

Every Thanksgiving, I love poor, defenseless animals... especially smothered in gravy.

Matt's Pick Song:

“This Time” by the Mark Trammell Quartet

Bible Trivia Answer:

Benjamin (Judges 20:15-16)