45+ Why Not To Eat Turkey On Thanksgiving Background. Some traditions we think of as essential to the holiday actually developed over time. The history of the thanksgiving turkey is a bit of a mystery.
Nevertheless, turkeys were not yet synonymous with thanksgiving.
This is a truly useful guide to troubleshooting the heck out of your thanksgiving. Turkey is a mainstay of the thanksgiving dinner. Ben franklin, abraham lincoln, charles dickens, and ben franklin, abraham lincoln, charles dickens, and many others helped make turkey the star of thanksgiving dinner. Turkey wasn't always a key part of the thanksgiving tradition.