This wicker cornucopia I remember from my childhood. My mom would buy some fruits and let me arrange it and we use it as a centerpiece on the dining table. That's when my grandparents were invited to dinner.
How did turkey become the traditional meat for Thanksgiving?
Some give credit for the turkey's preeminence to Sarah Joseph Hale, the “Godmother of Thanksgiving,” whose accounts of early New England celebrations emphasized a roast turkey and eventually became the model for the festivities adopted by the rest of the country.