How long does a turkey last after thanksgiving?
821209
Depends on whether you freeze it or just refrigerate it. If you store it in a sealed container in the freezer it can last up to six months. If you just refrigerate it will prolly only last a week to ten days. Freezing is best, you can always just pop it out and defrost it in the microwave if needed.
905050
When I was younger, I used to send them out the weekend after Thanksgiving. I try to send them out the first week of Dec. If I wait any later than that, I'll forget to do so.
984725
is an annual one-day holiday to give thanks (traditionally to God) at the close of the harvest season. In the United States, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. In Canada, it is celebrated on the second Monday in October. In the United Kingdom, Thanksgiving is another name for the Harvest festival, held in churches across the country on a relevant Sunday to mark the end of the local harvest, though it is not thought of as a major event (compared to Christmas or Easter) as it is in other parts of the world. This tradition was taken to North America by early settlers, where it became much more important\n\nmore details in this site\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving
706313
Only the desserts.  There is nothing worst  than reheated stuff for the big day.   It would be like leftovers for  Thanksgiving.  You'll do  fine if  you can line up some help for Thanksgiving to help you with the side dishes.  I agree with the poster that gravy and rolls should  be done shortly before the meals is served.  The only thing that I do ahead of time is season the Turkey  and chop the onions and celery for the stuffing/dressing.
737482
yeah it has to be at least the day after thanksgiving
810864
They usually do it Thanksgiving night. The same time every year. I'm not sure about the exact time.
836004
Thanksgiving is always the 4th Thursday of November\nthis year it is Nov 23
529946
Go for it. Turkey get boring.
835818
Well, my kids hate turkey. So, one year, I had a Chinese Thanksgiving and made all Chinese food. They loved it. The year after that...we all had Arby's. That was pretty dang good too! It doesn't matter what food is served, as long as the meaning of Thanksgiving is there.
715962
yea...and sometimes it not on Thanksgiving...it's longer...:(
898542
Thanksgiving is the fourth Thursday in November.  While Thanksgiving itself is a single day, the holiday always includes the following Friday, making for a four-day weekend.  \n\nThe holiday originated, according to legend, with the settlers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1620s.  Their first winter was terribly hard, and they suffered greatly due to ignorance of the climate, soil and local growing and hunting conditions.  According to the myth, they made friends with the local native American tribes, who taught them how to recognize local fruits, vegetables and game, including pumpkins, maize, cranberries, and turkey.\n\nAt the end of the next harvest, the colonists proclaimed a great feast of thanksgiving and honored the native American tribes that had helped them survive the previous winter.  It is still celebrated as a day to give thanks for the good things that have happened during the preceding year.\n\nIn practice, Thanksgiving is a huge feast including a number of foods native to North America -- roast turkey, pumpkin pie, cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes, and others.  This feast is always eaten on Thursday, though the leftovers can last, depending on the size of the household, for weeks.  \n\nIn recent years, Thanksgiving has also marked the start, in earnest, of the Christmas merchandising season.  The Macy's department store has, since the 1930s, sponsored a Thanksgiving Day parade in New York, with large inflated characters interspersed among marching bands and civic groups.  The Friday after Thanksgiving has become known as "Black Friday" and is typically the single largest retail sales day in the United States.  \n\nIn reaction to what many people see as the overcommercialization of this holiday (not to mention modern life in general), recent years have seen a growth in Buy Nothing Day, a movement to reverse the hype and mania for rabid consumption that Thanksgiving has come to represent (particularly in its "gateway holiday" role as the opening of the Christmas bacchanalia).  Originating in Canada, Buy Nothing day has come to signify a "detox" from the incessant drone of marketing, merchandising and status.  \n\nSpeaking of Canada, there is also a Thanksgiving in Canada, but it's celebrated on the second Monday in October, making for a three-day weekend.  Both the Canadian and the US Thanksgiving days are believed to be derived from the British Harvest Festivals, held at the end of summer since ancient times.\n\nYou can read more in the Wikipedia article I posted below, and also in the Adbusters Web site on Buy Nothing Day.
1018217
Try getting a sampler plate of traditional greek and turkish food (both are fairly similar with key differences)  Ask the resteraunt if you can order a little of everything.  They should be able to cut you a deal.  Particularly cool if you want to do it in traditional greek style and rather then have it plated for you you have it all laid in serving dishes on the table and pass it around thanksgiving style.  This encourages communication and socialization in a time that, in American tradition, is normally kinda quiet.
968440
It is a holiday that began with the first English settlers in America. Their voyage was long and hard, and after they arrived, they nearly starved in the first year. But the second year they had an excellent harvest, and they were thus blessed with a relative bounty of food to eat. They decided to have a party to celebrate 1) their good fortune for a good harvest, 2) the now fairly obvious fact that the colony would be successful, and 3) their faith in God, not necessarily in that order. They invited the local Indians to the celebration and they all had a very good time. Thereafter they decided to repeat the party every year, to mostly celebrate their good harvest. In today's world, it is a family gathering time that is usually free from the commercialism that has grown up around Christmas, Easter, the Fourth of July, etc. The traditional dish is roast turkey, because it is a large bird that is native to America and was thought to be the main dish at the original celebration. Other traditional foods for Thanksgiving include pumpkin pie and perhaps something made out of corn (maize), something made from sweet potatoes, and something made out of cranberries since these were the newfound foods that are native to the American continent that the early settlers were able to obtain in quantity, and they were largely new and different from what they were used to eating in the British Isles. If you are a new arrival in America, please have a happy Thanksgiving! Perhaps you can also celebrate your own safe travel across the Atlantic to the new world!
931501
Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day is an annual one-day holiday to give thanks (traditionally to God) at the close of the harvest season. In the United States, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. In Canada, it is celebrated on the second Monday in October. In the United Kingdom, Thanksgiving is another name for the Harvest festival, held in churches across the land on a relevant Sunday to mark the end of the local harvest. This tradition was taken to North America by early settlers.
749475
All things Christmasy should be done AFTER Thanksgiving. Decorations, cards etc. Anytime before is too soon.
978844
We've barbecued a turkey and it was delicious.\nI barbecue over wood but you have to be careful not to burn it....turkey takes a long time especially if it's over 20 lbs.\nFirst you want to tent it with aluminium foil for the first couple of hours....use a disposable aluminium tray with a small grilling rack on the bottom. I would also suggest you have a meat thermometer handy and check it once an hour after say, 4 hours.\nUncover the turkey for the last hour- hour and a half so it browns.\n\nReal tasty.
981416
The guideline on the websites is to do it in the fridge, a day for every 5 pounds, but I find that 4 days for a 12-pounder is just about right, and it will still be a little frozen in the center. But that's good because the bird will be more moist, and so will the stuffing. I know, we're not supposed to make the stuffing in the bird but I still do it.