3-letter word
1. A dessert that often includes pumpkin or apple. -- PIE
4-letter words
2. Maize. -- CORN
3. The season of Thanksgiving (also known as autumn). -- FALL
4. Another name for sweet potatoes. -- YAMS
5-letter word
5. What you do to a turkey before you eat it. -- CARVE
6-letter words
6. The main course at many Thanksgiving meals. -- TURKEY
(one of these is pardoned by the President of the United States)
7. What the holiday is all about - "Giving THANKS ."
8. This annual Thanksgiving event takes place in New York City. -- PARADE
9. The sound made by a turkey. -- GOBBLE
10. What is usually said before the meal. -- PRAYER
7-letter words
11. A bright orange squash used to make pies. -- PUMPKIN
12. This Native American, also known as Tisquantum, helped the Pilgrims after their first winter in the
New World and was integral to their survival. -- SQUANTO
13. These vegetables are like baby cabbages, but they are not from Belgium despite the name. -- SPROUTS
14. Bringing in the crops (the yield from plants in a single growing season). -- HARVEST
15. Thanksgiving commemorates a feast held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and the _______. -- INDIANS
16. Thanksgiving is a time when family and FRIENDS gather to give thanks.
17. The country that the Pilgrims came from. -- ENGLAND
8-letter words
18. The famous rock where the Mayflower landed. -- PLYMOUTH
19. The main sport that is watched on TV on Thanksgiving day. -- FOOTBALL
20. Thanksgiving is always celebrated on this day of the week. -- THURSDAY
21. Thanksgiving is always celebrated in this month of the year. -- NOVEMBER
22. These English settlers landed at Plymouth Rock. -- PILGRIMS
23. This gets cooked inside the turkey. -- STUFFING
24. Remember what we are THANKFUL for.
9-letter words
25. The name of the Pilgrim's ship. -- MAYFLOWER
26. This fruit is used to make a red-jellied side dish. -- CRANBERRY
10-letter word
27. Horn of plenty. -- CORNUCOPIA
12-letter word
28. The fourth Thursday of November (according to a joint resolution signed by Congress and President
Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1941) -- THANKSGIVING