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Thanksgiving Dinner Planning – Tips for a stress-free Thanksgiving
By ChristiIt is already time to start planning for Thanksgiving. Turkey, potatoes, pie, family, friends and football. Sounds like a great day! There can be a lot of details to manage. To help limit potential stress, we've put together a time line to help you organize what you'll need ahead of time. Two Weeks Before Thanksgiving: Getting started. Make a guest list and send out invites. Be sure to let your guests know if you would like them to contribute anything to the meal. Check out our creative and elegant invitations for your Thanksgiving feast! If you have decided to have people to help you, either by bringing parts of the meal (wine, dessert, appetizers, side dishes) or by coming early to help in the kitchen, make sure ...
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Thanksgiving History and Facts
A better title for this article may have been Thanksgiving History and Myths. It seems just about all of what we associate with modern day Thanksgiving celebrations has ...
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Halloween to Thanksgiving Seasonal Decorations
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Elegant Thanksgiving Centerpiece – Tips for making great seasonal centerpieces
There can be a lot going on at the Thanksgiving table. People chatting and enjoying the savory dishes you worked so hard to prepare. Adding in a elegant ... -
Thanksgiving Dinner Planning – Tips for a stress-free Thanksgiving
It is already time to start planning for Thanksgiving. Turkey, potatoes, pie, family, friends and football. Sounds like a great day! There can be a lot of details ... -
Print At Home – Invitations, Greeting Cards And More!
Looking for an easy way to print at home? With the PurpleTrail Design Center you can do just that! You can print your own greeting cards, invitations, thank ... -
Creating Photo Cards
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Thanksgiving Invitation Wording
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Ready Your Home for Festive Fall (looks for less that will last!)
This week brings the beginning of a new season Change is in the air – be inspired and take the upper hand by getting an early start ... -
Party Decorations – Holiday Decoration Inspiration
Party season is in full swing. The holidays are just around the corner and we've got the perfect decoration inspiration you need. You don't need a lot to ... -
Thanksgiving Decoration Ideas
The festive season is here and you find yourself thinking of different ways you could add that special festive touch to your home. The sky is the limit ...
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Free Printable Game – A Thanksgiving Tale
This printable game is perfect for your Thanksgiving gathering. A Thanksgiving Tale can be played with individual players filling out stories or as group. All you need to do ... -
Free Printable Game – Thanksgiving Trivia
Test your friend's and family's knowledge about all things Thanksgiving. This free printable game will be the perfect addition to your Thanksgiving gathering. It is also great for ... -
Printable Game – Thanksgiving Themed Pictionary
Pictionary is a fun and easy way to let the whole family play together. This printable game of Thanksgiving Themed Pictionary could also be played as Charades if acting ... -
Free Printable Game – Thanksgiving Word Scramble
Why not add a new tradition to your Thanksgiving Holiday celebration. See how quickly your guests can unscramble these turkey day inspired words with this great Thanksgiving Word ... -
Free Printable Games – Harvest Word Scramble
Thanksgiving and harvest season are here! We've put together a great free printable game for kids to play at your gathering or school event. Just copy and past the word ... -
Thanksgiving Crafts – Part Two
These tremendous turkey crafts are perfect to set the tone of your Thanksgiving day table. The Turkey of Gratitude and the Glo Turkeys are two fun crafts ... -
Thanksgiving Crafts – Part One
Decorating the kid's table at Thanksgiving is an important task. Get the kids involved with these two great Thanksgiving crafts that will make the kid's table festive and fun. ... -
Thanksgiving Day Activities – 5 Family Friendly Things to do on Turkey Day
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A Simple and Delicious Turkey Recipe
With Thanksgiving on the way, thinking about preparing all the food can be a little overwhelming. For those of you who prefer a simple, delicious, classic turkey, check ... -
Side Dish Recipes For Your Thanksgiving Meal
Thanksgiving is just around the corner, with the invites already sent and the turkey is defrosting, time to plan those side dishes! Here are some of our favorite ... -
Cooking A Turkey – A guide to timing your bird just right
Cooking a turkey just right can make or break your turkey day gathering. It's important to allow yourself enough time to cook the turkey and heat up all ... -
Caramel Apples With A Healthier Spin
Just because Halloween is over, doesn't mean you can't still enjoy some delicious treats! Caramel apples are a staple at Halloween but aren't very healthy to make for ... -
Turkey Carving Tips
Bring on the turkey, the stuffing, the green beans and the pumpkin pie! Thanksgiving is good reason to gather and give thanks, it is also a good reasong ... -
Tips For An Easy And Delightful Brunch
Brunch is one of the greatest meals to host a party with. A traditional menu carries both sweet and savory dishes and classic drinks like mimosa's, bloody marys of ... -
Hot Chocolate – Satisfying Recipes For Any Chocolate Lover
Nothing ends a cold winter's day better than a delicious, decadent cup of hot chocolate. We've gathered up some recipes that are sure to warm you up from ... -
Thanksgiving Menu Ideas
Turkey Day is upon us and it's time to start planning out the menu. Thanksgiving is the ultimate comfort food holiday. Mashed potatoes, stuffing, green bean casserole, sweet ... -
Turkey Leftovers – Handling Leftovers Safely
You've eaten your fill of turkey and pumpkin pie and it's almost time for that post feast nap. Before you settle in to subdue your full stomach, take ... -
Punch Recipes For Your Holiday Party
'Tis the season for holiday parties and we've put together some delicious, easy and festive punch recipes for your gatherings this season. Champagne Punch This is a great recipe for ...
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Design Tips For Printed Cards
Designing a personalized card is fun and easy. Whether you've elected to design cards to print at home or have them professionally printed, there are a few things ... -
Printable Greeting Cards
Today's technology lets us do just about anything online. Scrapbooking, shopping, play poker, you can do it all. Now you can exercise your creativity further and create your greeting cards ... -
Thanksgiving Cards
It's turkey time again. Thanksgiving is a time for family, food, and giving thanks for all the great things in your life. Send out a beautiful and unique Thanksgiving ...
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Thanksgiving Fun Facts
- The first American Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621, to commemorate the harvest reaped by the Plymouth Colony after a harsh winter. In that year Governor William Bradford proclaimed a day of thanksgiving. The colonists celebrated it as a traditional English harvest feast, to which they invited the local Wampanoag Indians.
- 272 million: The preliminary estimate of turkeys raised in the United States in 2007.
- At one time, the turkey and the bald eagle were each considered as the national symbol of America. Benjamin Franklin was one of those who argued passionately on behalf of the turkey. Franklin felt the turkey, although "vain and silly", was a better choice than the bald eagle, whom he felt was "a coward".
- Age of a turkey is a determining factor in taste. Old, large males are preferable to young toms (males) as tom meat is stringy. The opposite is true for females: old hens are tougher birds.
- Turkeys sometimes spend the night in trees.
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