Flying Solo on Thanksgiving

1.

Do you know of anyone who will be alone on Thanksgiving, perhaps yourself?

Myself

13%

351 votes

I know at least one other person

20%

533 votes

Both

4%

110 votes

Neither

63%

1660 votes

2.

If you answered yes, to either choices what are the circumstances?

No family around

18%

469 votes

No friends

6%

155 votes

No money to go out or purchase the items to cook

6%

167 votes

Housebound for any reason

5%

126 votes

Have to work, or choose to (freelance position)

4%

107 votes

No place to go

7%

192 votes

Just don't feel like it

6%

157 votes

Personal preference

7%

185 votes

Other (please specify)

1%

31 votes

Not Applicable

63%

1685 votes

Other Answers	Percentage	Votes
	0.50%	8
Estranged from family	0.06%	1
I met a houmeless man tonight	0.06%	1
Drug problem	0.06%	1
Person girlfriend is working	0.06%	1
actually in the small town I live in (pop 10,000) there is a church that is serving Thanksgiving. You did have to make a reservation a few days in advance - so I will go there	0.06%	1
older man lives alone in a RV. No one's ever around. I take him dinner during the holidays	0.06%	1
homeless	0.06%	1
Husband working	0.06%	1
Car broke down	0.06%	1
I am Canadian!	0.06%	1
If I knew anyone who is alone on any holiday I always ask them to come with me.	0.06%	1
no one ask me to there house	0.06%	1
on a plane	0.06%	1
Family is crazy	0.06%	1
Rather not say.	0.06%	1
alcoholic	0.06%	1
it's not that big a holiday in canada	0.06%	1
Addiction	0.06%	1
We live in canada and it is not thanksgiving right now	0.06%	1
family members do not get along with this person who has an unpleasant personality	0.06%	1
Family had Thanksgiving dinner last week	0.06%	1
Hospital	0.06%	1
So far I'm lucky to have a Boyfriend but if anything ever happens to hil i will be alone	0.06%	1

3.

Here are a list of places that are serving up the works for Thanksgiving, check off the places doing so in your neck of the woods:

Salvation Army

22%

593 votes

American Legion

6%

150 votes

Church

23%

609 votes

Food pantry

14%

360 votes

Restaurant

18%

478 votes

Senior Center

14%

359 votes

Other (please specify)

2%

44 votes

Not Applicable

53%

1401 votes

Other Answers	Percentage	Votes
	0.66%	17
Homeless shelter	0.12%	3
not sure	0.08%	2
Family gathering	0.04%	1
Union Gospel Mission	0.04%	1
vegan thanksgivg	0.04%	1
Thrift store by my place	0.04%	1
don't know of any	0.04%	1
Family	0.04%	1
We invited a few people so they would not be alone.	0.04%	1
High School	0.04%	1
I recommend highly Cracker Barrel and then second choice is Golden Corral.	0.04%	1
local furniture store owner	0.04%	1
Mission soup kitchen	0.04%	1
I'm unaware if any of the above places are doing Thanksgiving	0.04%	1
I neither celebrate Thanksgiving nor eat Turkey (or any other meat) , so do not know.	0.04%	1
mission	0.04%	1
Families in the church	0.04%	1
VFW	0.04%	1
Charlote Rescue Mission	0.04%	1
Canadian and we had Thanksgiving at my son's house	0.04%	1
IDK	0.04%	1
i don't know	0.04%	1
local headstart school	0.04%	1
ryans	0.04%	1

4.

If you know someone who will be alone, will you or have you ever fixed a plate and taken it to them?

I have in the past

23%

613 votes

Will do this week

5%

134 votes

Both

8%

212 votes

Neither

64%

1695 votes

5.

Will you be helping out this Thanksgiving, like cooking and donating a turkey, or perhaps serving a large crowd?

I have in the past

13%

353 votes

I will this week

7%

174 votes

Both

7%

177 votes

Neither

73%

1950 votes

6.

And what's a lonely Thanksgiving survey without some fun and weird facts to cheer you up. Check off the ones that you know:

According to the National Turkey Foundation, approximately 690 million pounds of turkey were consumed in the United States during Thanksgiving 2007. This equals the weight of 4.48 million individuals of average weight (154 pounds); the population of Singapore as estimated by the last census in 2005.

9%

236 votes

Benjamin Franklin proposed the turkey as the official United States bird, and was not happy when the bald eagle was chosen instead. In a letter to his daughter, Franklin referred to the eagle's "bad moral character" and proclaimed "For my own part I wish the Eagle had not been chosen the representative of our country… For in Truth, the Turk'y is in comparison a much more respectable bird."

23%

598 votes

Not to be outdone, Thomas Jefferson thought a Federal holiday for Thanksgiving was "the most ridiculous idea" ever conceived. It's been said that Benjamin Franklin named the male turkey "Tom" to spite Thomas.

6%

155 votes

Sarah Josepha Hale, author of "Mary Had a Little Lamb", is credited as the person most responsible for making Thanksgiving a national holiday in the United States.

3%

87 votes

James Pierpont originally composed the song Jingle Bells in 1857 for children celebrating Thanksgiving at his Boston Sunday School. It gained popularity so quickly that it was repeated again at Christmas, and then again, and again, and again.

4%

99 votes

According to the National Turkey Foundation, when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin of Apollo 11 sat down to eat their first meal on the moon, their foil food packets contained roasted turkey.

6%

152 votes

In the US, about 280 million turkeys are sold for the Thanksgiving celebrations. That's one bird per person, if you don't include infants. 91% of Americans eat Turkey on Thanksgiving.

7%

199 votes

Fossil evidence shows that turkey-like creatures roamed the Americas 75 million years ago. Turkeys have certainly changed, but giant birds are still among us. The Guinness Book of Records states that the heaviest turkey on record was 86 lbs (39 kg) dressed weight

4%

108 votes

The World's largest (man-made) turkey is in Frazee, MN, which is also known as the "Turkey Capital of the World".

3%

90 votes

Not Applicable

63%

1661 votes

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