Thanksgiving day tradition includes a big meal with family or friends. How about some witty and funny riddles to spice up the day? Check out collection of funny Thanksgiving quips, including riddles, idioms and sayings.
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Thanksgiving Day Riddles
A tricky question during the Thanksgiving conversation can light up the mood. Witty Thanksgiving riddles are perfect for the occasion. A riddle is a statement or question or phrase having a double or veiled meaning, put forth as a puzzle to be solved.
Thanksgiving Quotes by Famous People
Thanksgiving is an emotional holiday. The day is to to pause, reflect, and feel gratitude for all the blessings we have in our lives. Below Thanksgiving sayings are from famous leaders across the world.
We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.John F. Kennedy
Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.Henry Ward Beecher
He who thanks but with the lips Thanks but in part; The full, the true Thanksgiving Comes from the heartJ.A. Shedd
If you think about a Thanksgiving dinner, it’s really like making a large chicken.Ina Garten
I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage.Erma Bombeck
Thanksgiving Day is a jewel, to set in the hearts of honest men; but be careful that you do not take the day, and leave out the gratitude.E.P. Powell
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Give thanks not just on Thanksgiving Day, but every day of your life. Appreciate and never take for granted all that you have.Catherine Pulsifer
What I love about Thanksgiving is that it’s purely about getting together with friends or family and enjoying food. It’s really for everybody, and it doesn’t matter where you’re from.Daniel Humm
I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my house, we had an enormous feast, and then I killed them and took their land.Jon Stewart
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite days of the year because it reminds us to give thanks and to count our blessings. Suddenly, so many things become so little when we realize how blessed and lucky we are.Joyce Giraud
Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.Oprah Winfrey
Let us remember that, as much has been given us, much will be expected from us, and that true homage comes from the heart as well as from the lips, and shows itself in deeds.Theodore Roosevelt
Thanksgiving reminds us that no matter what befalls us in life, we can take the charred remnants and we can reconstruct a life unimaginably richer than that from which the shards and pieces fell.Craig D. Lounsbrough
What we’re really talking about is a wonderful day set aside on the fourth Thursday of November when no one diets. I mean, why else would they call it Thanksgiving?Erma Bombeck
Our rural ancestors, with little blest, Patient of labour when the end was rest, Indulged the day that housed their annual grain, With feasts, and off’rings, and a thankful strainAlexander Pope
I like football. I find its an exciting strategic game. It’s a great way to avoid conversation with your family at Thanksgiving.Craig Ferguson
A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues.Cicero
I suppose I will die never knowing what pumpkin pie tastes like when you have room for it.Robert Brault
It has been an unchallengeable American doctrine that cranberry sauce, a pink goo with overtones of sugared tomatoes, is a delectable necessity of the Thanksgiving board and that turkey is uneatable without it.Alistair Cooke
Real ballplayers pass the stuffing by rolling it up in a ball and batting it across the table with a turkey leg.Tom Swyers
The more we express thanks, the more gratitude we feel. The more gratitude we feel, the more we express thanks. It’s circular, and it leads to a happier life.Steve Goodier
And though I ebb in worth, I’ll flow in thanks.John Taylor
Appreciation can change a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.Margaret Cousins
Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.W.T. Purkiser
You shouldn’t just give during Christmas and Thanksgiving you should be giving all the time.Alcurtis Turner
If you want to turn your life around, try thankfulness. It will change your life mightily.Gerald Good
Thanksgiving is so called because we are all so thankful that it only comes once a year.P. J. O’Rourke
Thanksgiving Day is a good day to recommit our energies to giving thanks and just giving.Amy Grant
If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share.W. Clement Stone
On Thanksgiving I will stop to give thanks that my family is safe and healthy, especially because I realize that, following the tragedies of this year, it is all too real a possibility that they might not have been.Bobby Jindal
I love Thanksgiving because it is a holiday centered around food and family, two things that are of utmost importance to me.Marcus Samuelsson
The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.William Blake
But see, in our open clearings, how golden the melons lie; Enrich them with sweets and spices, and give us the pumpkin-pie!Margaret Junkin Preston+B56
Thanksgiving, our eminent moral holiday, doesn’t have much for children. At its heart are conversation, food, drink, and fellowship – all perks of adulthood.Rosecrans Baldwin
It took me three weeks to stuff the turkey. I stuffed it through the beakPhyllis Diller
Thanksgiving is a time of togetherness and gratitude.Nigel Hamilton
Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action.W.J. Cameron
I’m from Canada, so Thanksgiving to me is just Thursday with more food. And I’m thankful for that.Howie Mandel
My fondest memories are generally the day after Thanksgiving. I get the total decorating Christmas itch.Katharine McPhee
Most turkeys taste better the day after; my mother’s tasted better the day before.Rita Rudner
Thanksgiving Day comes, by statute, once a year; to the honest man it comes as frequently as the heart of gratitude will allow.Edward Sandford Martin
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite days of the year because it reminds us to give thanks and to count our blessings. Suddenly, so many things become so little when we realize how blessed and lucky we are.Joyce Giraud
You can tell you ate too much for Thanksgiving when you have to let your bathrobe out.Jay Leno
The Thanksgiving tradition is, we overeat. ‘Hey, how about at Thanksgiving we just eat a lot?’ ‘But we do that every day!’ ‘Oh. What if we eat a lot with people that annoy the hell out of us?Jim Gaffigan
It’s like being at the kids’ table at Thanksgiving – you can put your elbows on it, you don’t have to talk politics… no matter how old I get, there’s always a part of me that’s sitting there.John Hughes
My Thanksgiving is perpetual. It is surprising how contented one can be with nothing definite — only a sense of existence.Henry David Thoreau
On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence.William Jennings Bryan
Thanksgiving was nothing more than a pilgrim-created obstacle in the way of Christmas; a dead bird in the street that forced a brief detour.Augusten Burroughs, You Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas
Forever on Thanksgiving Day the heart will find the pathway home.Wilbur D. Nesbit
We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.Thornton Wilder, The Woman of Andros
Thanksgiving comes to us out of the prehistoric dimness, universal to all ages and all faiths. At whatever straws we must grasp, there is always a time for gratitude and new beginnings.J. Robert Moskin
The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts. No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving.H.U. Westermayer
Almighty God, who hast given us this good land for our heritage; We humbly beseech Thee that we may always prove ourselves a people mindful of Thy favor and glad to do Thy will.Franklin D. Roosevelt
Thanksgiving creates abundance.Ann Voskamp, One Thousand Gifts
A thought about Thanksgiving Day: Once, there was this day… this one day when… everyone realized they needed each other. April Burns in Pieces of April
Thanksgiving, man. Not a good day to be my pantsKevin James
Here I am, 5 o’clock in the morning, stuffing bread crumbs up a dead bird’s butt.Rosanne in Rosanne
But see, in our open clearings, how golden the melons lie; Enrich them with sweets and spices, and give us the pumpkin-pie! Margaret Junkin Preston
Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go baste the turkey and hide the kitchen knivesMrs. Pascal in The House of Yes
When asked if my cup is half-full or half-empty my only response is that I am thankful I have a cup.Sam Lefkowitz
It’s not too much food. This is what we’ve been training for our whole lives. This is our destiny, this is our finest hour.Lorelai Gilmore in Gilmore Girls
So what do we do?’ We do what all families do. Grin, bear it, and pass the mashed potatoes.Heather Brewer, Eleventh Grade Burns
Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.Henry Van Dyke
Overeating at Thanksgiving is a case in point. It’s a national tradition.Eric Samuel Timm, Static Jedi: The Art of Hearing God Through the Noise
Family gathers to share good noise and good food. Gratitude abounds.Richelle E. Goodrich
Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.Charles Dickens
I can’t cook a Thanksgiving dinner. All I can make is cold cereal and maybe toast.Charlie Brown in A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Day Idioms
Thanksgiving is celebrated mainly in USA and Canada. This is also special celebration time in many places across the globe. Taking three symbols of Thanksgiving – turkey, stuffing and blessing – we have have funny idioms from English dictionary.
A Blessing in Disguise – Something that seems unfortunate or bad at first, but turns out to be a good thing (a blessing) in the end. Some of the best blessings are the ones that surprise you!
A Mixed Blessing – An event that has its advantages and disadvantages. Eating too many mashed potatoes is incredibly satisfying, but it can give you a stomach ache. Now that’s a mixed (mashed) blessing.
Eyes Bigger Than Your Stomach – When you think you can eat a certain amount of food, but it turns out to be way too much food. It’s a very common occurrence on Thanksgiving, and something that often leads to a food coma when it’s all said and done.
Dig In – To serve yourself some food and eat up. This is the most magical moment of any Thanksgiving!
The Rest Is Gravy – Anything extra is a nice bonus—like when everyone gets a piece of pumpkin pie, and there are still a few slices left over for later. Nice!
Hot Potato – A difficult situation that nobody wants to handle, so it gets passed from one person to the next. In the realm of Thanksgiving, a hot potato could actually be a hot potato, so be careful (and add butter) before you dig into the potato on your plate!
Gobble Up – To eat something really, really fast. This is how you eat when your mom whips out a tiny pumpkin pie, and there are at least 20 people sitting at your dinner table.
Food Coma – A state of drowsiness and euphoria that sets in after you eat a ton of food. Remember how your grandpa would always take a nap after eating a huge Thanksgiving dinner? That’s a classic example of a food coma.
Counting Your Blessings – To be grateful for all of the amazing things going on in your life. Isn’t that what Thanksgiving is all about?
Talking Turkey – To talk about a problem in a serious way with the intention of solving it as quickly as possible. On Thanksgiving, many families will talk turkey—over turkey!
I’m Stuffed – I’m so full that I can’t eat anymore. This might be the most relatable of Thanksgiving idioms.
Going Cold Turkey – A common phrase used to describe drug users who suddenly quits taking drugs, going cold turkey is a phrase used to describe how someone quickly quits a deep-rooted, bad habit. Grandpa has a turkey addiction, but this year, he quit cold turkey after eating three turkey legs. Yikes!
Stuffed Shirt – Someone who acts in a very formal way and expects to be treated as a very important, high-profile person. This might describe your aunt from Connecticut who insists that you call her “Ms. Archibald” at the dinner table on Thanksgiving.
Funny Thanksgiving Videos
Some fun time watching Thanksgiving Youtube videos after heavy dinner is not a bad idea. We found good collection of funny Thanksgiving videos to watch on Youtube. Let us know which other videos you like watching after dinner!
This one is from the famous Friends series, collection of Thanksgiving clips.
Check this from Saturday Night Live dinner time on Thanksgiving occasion.
Funny turkey videos to laugh at:
Happy Thanksgiving! Blesses for all.
