Best Cities in Texas to Celebrate Thanksgiving & Other Fun Facts

Last year the online website WalletHub ranked cities across America as the best places to celebrate Thanksgiving. The spectacular Lone Star State of Texas landed three in the top 15There were a total of 11 Texas cities in the Top 100 List.

At #7 is Plano, #9 Irving, and #13 Dallas. The rest were pretty evenly spread throughout the Top 100. These are Garland, Corpus Christi, Laredo, San Antonio, Austin, Arlington, Houston, El Paso, Fort Worth, and Lubbock.

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I then discovered some really interesting facts about the Thanksgiving holidays. The first thing that blew me away was that Texans spend an average of $300 a person during the four-day Thanksgiving Day weekend.

20 Fascinating Facts about Thanksgiving:

9 Hrs, 27 Mins is the time the average Texas male will need to spend on a treadmill to burn the 4,500 calories consumed at Thanksgiving dinner
Only 6% of Texans try avoiding political conversations at the dinner table
$53.31 is the actual cost for a 10-person Thanksgiving meal
83% of Texans prefer turkey for the meal
78% prefer mashed potatoes and gravy
77% prefer stuffing or dressing
74% prefer bread or rolls
65% prefer sweet potatoes or yams
The very first Thanksgiving was documented and recorded in a letter
Thanksgiving has not always been on the fourth Thursday of November
Not every U.S. president celebrated Thanksgiving
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is turning 100 years old in 2024
The first Thanksgiving ever did not feature turkey but lobster
Sweet potato and turkey skins make Black Friday busy for plumbers
The Butterball turkey folks answer over 100,000 phone calls on Thanksgiving Day
Thanksgiving is the reason TV dinners were invented
The first turkey pardoned by a president in the US was not for Thanksgiving
"Jingle Bells" was the first official Thanksgiving - not Christmas - song
The popular green bean casserole was invented by Campbell's Soup Company
There are three cities in America named Turkey and one is in Texas
The Dallas Cowboys and the Detroit Lions are the only two teams in the NFL to play football on Thanksgiving Day. Source: WalletHub