Snopes.com - A Cornucopia of Thanksgiving Legends

​ THURSDAY EDITION Snopes Debunker Nov. 25, 2021 Tonight: A Cornucopia of Thanksgiving Legends ​ Our Thanksgiving Legends Collection Holidays are days set aside to celebrate traditions and reconnect with family and friends. When people get together, it’s no surprise to find fascinating traditions and maybe a few old wives' tales or other claims of dubious origin, and Thanksgiving is no different. Check out our collection below to find some fun Thanksgiving legends to share with your loved ones this year! Read More URGENT: Save Our Snopes Dear Debunker readers, Four years ago, we launched a GoFundMe campaign to fight off legal threats, SLAPP lawsuits, and a takeover attempt by hostile shareholders. Many of you stood up and helped, and we cannot tell you how much we appreciate it. We thought we’d have good news to share with you by now, but that is unfortunately not the case. Although every major court ruling has been in our favor so far, the point of these lawsuits has been — always — to bleed Snopes dry. Now, on the verge of trial, the years of constant legal battles have your favorite fact-checkers in need of rescue. That’s why we launched one more campaign to Save Our Snopes. Will you help us? Contribute Fact Checks and Original Reporting Was Thanksgiving Originally a Celebration of the Massacre of a Native American Tribe? The Pequot massacre of 1637 resulted in the deaths of several hundred indigenous people. Read Story. Can Turkeys Drown in the Rain? Are domesticated turkeys really that stupid? Read Story. How Do Traditions Today Compare to the First Thanksgiving? An examination of some common beliefs around the Thanksgiving holiday. Read Story. View Latest Fact Checks Entertainment Rumors, legends, and lore about Hollywood, the entertainment industry, and its many stars. Read More News Migrant Boat Capsizes in English Channel; Dozens Feared Dead Although officials offered few confirmed details, it appeared to be one of the deadliest days in the channel in recent memory. Read More Performers Gear Up for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Astronaut Snoopy will hover overhead as the parade returns to its pre-pandemic form this year. Read More All 3 Defendants Found Guilty of Murdering Ahmaud Arbery Ahmaud Arbery’s killing became part of a larger national reckoning on racial injustice after the graphic video leaked online two months later. Read More

View Latest News Staff Pick ​ How Did ‘Black Friday’ Get Its Name? Use of the term 'Black Friday' to describe the day after Thanksgiving did not originate with accounting practices or slavery. Read More