Top 50 Thanksgiving Jokes

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As Thanksgiving approaches, we wanted to share a few more with you. We hope you enjoy. Since we established ourselves in the South Shore area, we would like to start with a joke from the Plymouth, Massachusetts area.

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  1. Knock Knock Jokes for Thanksgiving: Knock knockout?…Who is there?…Boo… Boo Who?… Don’t cry! We have the best grandparent jokes! 
  2. Pilgrim Jokes: If April showers bring May flowers, what do Mayflowers bring?… Pilgrims (The Mayflower Ship)
  3. Grandparent Jokes: Grandma was showing us a painting of the Pilgrim Family on Thanksgiving card. She commented, ‘The Pilgrim children enjoyed going to church with their moms & #ads & praying to God.’ My brother looked at her doubtfully & asked, ‘Then why is their father carrying that rifle?’
  4. Pumpkin Jokes: What did the pumpkin say after Thanksgiving?… “Good-pie, everyone.”
  6. Pilgrim Jokes: A pilgrim is walking through the woods when he comes across a hungry bear…. …the pilgrim then drops to his knees on the trail and claspes his hands together to pray for salvation. To his surprise . . . so did the bear! Greatly heartened by this, the pilgrim then began to pray. “Oh, Heavenly Father, please let this be a Christian bear! I don’t want to be eaten by those evil nasty devil bears!” And the bear, to the great shock of the pilgrim, began to pray, too! Kneeling there on the side of the road across from the pilgrim, paws clasped together, the bear prayed, “Oh, Heavenly Father! For this meal, which we are about to receive . . . we give thanks.”
  7. Pilgrim Jokes: Why did the Pilgrims spend their first Thanksgiving eating outside with the Indians… They didn’t have reservations.
  8. Pilgrim Jokes: Give a pilgrim some corn…vHe eats for a day, teach a pilgrim to grow corn…vHe kills your people and takes your land.
  9. Pilgrim Jokes: In April of 1620, it rained. That same year, the Pilgrims arrived. I suppose the saying is true. April showers bring Mayflowers.
  10. Pilgrim Jokes: What kind of music did the Pilgrims listen to?… Plymouth Rock!
  11. What’s the best dance to do on Thanksgiving?… The turkey trot!
  12. Hat Jokes: Why do pilgrims pants keep falling down?… Because their belt buckles are on their hats!
  13. Grandparent Jokes: If the Pilgrims were alive today, what would they be most famous for?… Their AGE!
  14. Who is not hungry at Thanksgiving?… The turkey because he’s already stuffed!
  15. Sister: Mom wants you to help us fix Thanksgiving dinner. Brother: Why? Is it broken
  16. Halloween Jokes: Which November Holiday is Dracula’s favorite?… Fangs-giving.
  17. Geography Jokes: How did the Mayflower show that it liked America?… It hugged the shore!
  18. Knock Knock Jokes for Thanksgiving: Knock, knock… Who’s there?… Gladys… Gladys who?…. Gladys Thanksgiving. Aren’t you?
  19. What key has legs and can’t open doors?… A turkey.
  20. Police Jokes: Why did the police arrest the turkey?… They suspected it of fowl play!
  21. What always comes at the end of Thanksgiving?…The letter “g”! (26 Lessons for the Letter of the Week & Is Spelling Really Important?)
  22. What sound does a limping turkey make?…“Wobble, wobble!”
  23. Pilgrim Jokes: When the Pilgrims landed, where did they stand?… On their feet!
  24. What sound does a turkey’s phone make?… Wing! Wing!
  25. Pilgrim Jokes: What do you call the age of a pilgrim?… Pilgrimage.
  26. Pilgrim Jokes: Why did the Pilgrims want to sail to America in the spring? … Because April showers bring!
  27. Why was the Thanksgiving soup so expensive?… It had 24 carrots.
  28. Dad Jokes: What did baby corn say to mama corn?… Where’s popcorn?
  29. What was the turkey suspected of?… Fowl play.
  30. What’s the key to a great Thanksgiving dinner?… The turKEY
  31. Which side of the turkey has the most feathers?…The outside!
  32. Why did the turkey cross the road?… It was Thanksgiving Day, and he wanted people to think he was a chicken!
  33. Grandparent Jokes: What did the mama turkey say to her naughty son?… If your grandpa could see you now, he’d turn over in his gravy!
  34. Pope Jokes: Why can’t you take a turkey to church?… Because they use such FOWL language.
  35. New York Jokes: Can a turkey jump higher than the Empire State Building?…Yes – a building can’t jump at all.
  36. Music Jokes: Why did they let the turkey join the band?… Because he had the drumsticks.
  37. Pilgrim Jokes: What happened to the Pilgrim who was shot at by an Indian?… He had an arrow escape!
  38. What are unhappy cranberries called?… Blueberries!
  39. What happened when the turkey got into a fight?… He got the stuffing knocked out of him!
  40. Pumpkin Jokes: What is a pumpkin’s favorite sport?… Squash
  41. What did the turkey say to the computer?… “Google, google, google.”
  42. Space Force Jokes: What sound does a space turkey make?… Hubble, Hubble, Hubble.
  43. Why do turkeys always go, “gobble, gobble?”… Because they never learned good table manners!
  44. Math Jokes: What do you get if you divide the circumference of a pumpkin by its diameter?… Pumpkin pi.
  45. What key has legs and can’t open doors?… A Turkey.
  46. Pilgrim Jokes: How did the Pilgrims bring their cows to America?… On the Mooooo-flower. 
  47. Pilgrim Jokes: What kind of music did the Pilgrims like to listen to?… Plymouth Rock.  
  48. Pilgrim Jokes: What did one turkey say to the other when they saw the Pilgrims land at Plymouth rock?… They look nice. Maybe they’ll have us over for dinner.  
  49. Pilgrim Jokes: If pilgrims travel on the Mayflower, then what do college students travel on?…  The Scholar Ships.   
  50. Knock knock… Who’s there?… Tofurky… Tofurky who?… Tofurky me, I thought you were turkey!