When it comes to Thanksgiving traditions, breaking a turkey wishbone might just be the oldest (and most bizarre) custom of all! In fact, it pre-dates the very first Thanksgiving dinner altogether and ...

As strange as many of them seem today, all holiday traditions started somewhere. That goes for customs with deep histories, like breaking the turkey wishbone, as well as relatively recent and ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Breaking a turkey's wishbone at dinner may seem strange, but it's a tradition that has evolved over ...

Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday of November every year. Pass a drumstick, along with these Turkey Day facts.

While many of us are familiar with the alleged wish-granting powers of a dried turkey wishbone, far fewer know of the winter-forecasting ability ascribed to the furcula – that’s the technical term for ...

A Dundalk, Maryland, woman spent her Thanksgiving Eve preparing a 24-pound turkey. As she prepared to take the bird over to another family, she came across the bird’s wishbone. “It was the first time ...

A bird called Drumstick has won this year’s turkey pardon from President Trump after crushing fellow turkey Wishbone in a user poll on Twitter. The birds were pitted against each other on the ...