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In 1876 just 14 years after abraham lincoln declared thanksgiving a national holiday yale and princeton squared off in what is considered the first thanksgiving matchup on the gridiron.

Thankful thanksgiving acrostic poem. Thanksgiving which occurs on the fourth thursday in november is based on the colonial pilgrims 1621 harvest meal. Much of the early development of american football traces back to the ivy league and the tradition of playing on thanksgiving day is no exception. The canadian football league also holds a thanksgiving day classic on canadian thanksgiving.

In that year the college football teams at yale and princeton began an annual tradition of playing each other on thanksgiving day. American football is one of the many traditions in american culture that is associated with thanksgiving dayvirtually every level of football from amateur and high school to college and the nfl including the cfl on canadian thanksgiving plays football on thanksgiving day thursday or the immediately following holiday weekend friday saturday and sunday. In the late 1800s parades of costumed revelers became common.

The national football leagues thanksgiving classic is a series of games played during the thanksgiving holiday in the united states. After dinner it is so fun to watch the games together as a family as our meal digests in our tummies. Watching football on thanksgiving might seem like a modern tradition but americans have been taking to the gridiron on turkey day since the 19th century.

The lions will get football on thanksgiving started as usual hosting the texans at 1230 pm. This is an american thanksgiving tradition just as much as the big fat turkey. There is no way i could not write about the thanksgiving day football games.

It has been a regular occurrence since the leagues inception in 1920. The concept of american football games being played on thanksgiving day dates back to 1876 shortly after the game had been invented as it was a day that most people had off from work. Et and the ravens visiting the steelers caps off.

The spiderman balloon in thanksgiving day parade in. A number of football games are played on thanksgiving day. Thanksgiving day football games beginning with yale versus princeton in 1876 enabled fans to add some rowdiness to the holiday.

Another tradition is the television broadcast of macys thanksgiving day parade. The university of michigan also made it a tradition to play annual. In 1920 gimbels department store in philadelphia staged a parade of about 50 people with santa claus at the rear of the procession.

The holiday continues to be a day for americans to gather for a day of feasting. Since 2006 three games are played every thanksgiving.