Apart from the food, there are Thanksgiving traditions that all families celebrate. Often, Thanksgiving is celebrated by watching a sporting event like football, which has deep roots in our culture. If you are invited to a friends or family member’s home for this holiday, it is likely you will watch either the Packers or Lions take to the field for their annual Thanksgiving classic.
Perhaps it is time you incorporated a new tradition into your holiday feast. We suggest a call to your Washington DC flower shop and place an order for a wonderful fall bouquet that will adorn your table this Thursday. Not only will it look stunning, it makes a great conversation piece as well.
Besides a perfectly cooked turkey, here are a few other Thanksgiving Day traditions people from around the country celebrate.
If your family isn’t glued to the television watching football, perhaps they are watching the Thanksgiving Day parades. These parades go back to the early 20th century when people began to associate Thanksgiving with the beginning of the holiday shopping season. Stores like Macy’s would sponsor an elaborate parade as a way to market themselves and attract customers.
Football is a Thanksgiving pastime and can be traced back to the 1930s. When the Portsmouth Spartans moved to Detroit in 1934, ownership had to do something to draw attention the new team. They arranged a match between the new Detroit Lions and the World Champion Chicago Bears to be played on Thanksgiving Day and thus a tradition was born.
Order a glorious fall bouquet for your table this Thanksgiving and start a tradition of your own.
