Thanksgiving Dinner, it’s all about buying the food

There may have been a “first Thanksgiving” dinner, but not likely turkey or the fixings we see today. The turkey became part of Thanksgiving about 1857. It is supposed to be of foods native to the New World. It became a national holiday in 1941. The traditional fixings came from a women’s magazine in the 1950s.
For a look at the real first Thanksgiving see the Kasama Project.