Thanksgiving is one of America’s favorite holidays, but did you know we aren’t the only ones to celebrate it?

The national holiday is celebrated worldwide, with nine different countries celebrating. The includes the United States, Canada, Saint Lucia, Liberia, Brazil, Australia, the Netherlands, Germany, and the Philippines on various dates in October and November.

There’s that and so much more that the average American wouldn’t know about Thanksgiving.

Multiple dates have been identified as The First Thanksgiving, including Pilgrim holidays in Plymouth in 1621, 1623, and 1631. In contrast, the first documented North American Thanksgiving was in 1619 and took place in Commonwealth, Virginia.

With the Pilgrims and the infamous Wampanoag tribe taking part in the historic event, it has now grown leaps and bounds beyond what those pioneers expected.

In 2023, American consumers alone spent $5.6 billion on Thanksgiving food and decorations according to CBS News. The most popular of those foods is the classic roasted turkey.

In the United States last year, 218,000 turkeys were produced. Alongside that statistic comes another, with the average price of a 16-pound turkey going up by $10.03 since the 2011 price of $17.87.

Heading into Thanksgiving this year, the average price of turkey is currently at $27.90 and is only going up.

But you can’t have a Thanksgiving dinner with only a turkey. The average cost of a Thanksgiving dinner is $62.30, going up by $30.00 since 1990!

On the brighter side of things, this year, over 60% of families will be together on Nov. 28, which compared to past years, is incredible.

As the wise Winston Churchill once said, “There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues are created, strengthened, and maintained.”