The Real Story of Thanksgiving — It Was Never About Turkey 🦃 Weird History Facts

Описание: The Real Story of Thanksgiving — and It’s Not What You Think 🦃🤯

Unbelievable but TRUE — the Thanksgiving you know is mostly myth! 🍂 From Pilgrims and turkeys to pumpkin pie and parades, the real origins of America’s most famous holiday are far stranger — and way more political — than your schoolbooks ever told you.

The so-called “First Thanksgiving” in 1621 wasn’t even called Thanksgiving. It was a tense harvest feast between starving colonists and wary Wampanoag warriors — more survival than celebration. There was no turkey, no pie, and definitely no cozy peace. 🏹🍲

Centuries later, a poet named Sarah Josepha Hale (yep — the author of Mary Had a Little Lamb) fought to make Thanksgiving a national holiday. Her campaign finally convinced Abraham Lincoln to declare it official — not to honor the Pilgrims, but to unite a nation torn apart by the Civil War. 🇺🇸🔥

Then came the marketing. From Macy’s parades with zoo animals 🐘🎈 to “Franksgiving” (yes, FDR moved the date for shopping reasons 🛍️), Thanksgiving became less about gratitude — and more about myth, media, and money.

👉 In this video, we uncover how propaganda, politics, and pure chaos turned a scattered colonial custom into one of America’s biggest traditions. Was it unity, marketing, or just good storytelling?

📜 If you love weird history, national myths, and unbelievable true stories that make you say “Wait… that happened?”, this one’s for you.

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