Last Updated on August 9, 2024
Thanksgiving signals the onset of the holiday season. It’s a precious day when families and friends spend quality time together as they exchange exciting stories, enjoy delicious foods, and reminisce on fond memories.
If you’ve already exited the family nest, Thanksgiving is probably the only day in a year that you get to spend in the company of your loved ones. Therefore, every moment should count.
The good news is that there are plenty of ways to make Thanksgiving an occasion to cherish forever. One such method is by telling hilarious jokes and puns.
Sharing a hilarious joke at a Thanksgiving dinner table is a creative way to add more fun to the dining experience. A perfect joke and pun can transform an otherwise boring Thanksgiving dinner into a lasting memory. It can also serve as an ice-breaker, especially if the celebration involves people that you’re not already very familiar with. So, whether you’re planning to spend your next Thanksgiving only with your immediate family or are inviting your friends too, it’s important to spare some thought for hilarious jokes.
Fortunately for you, we’ve gone ahead and collected 80 most hilarious jokes and puns to line up for your next Thanksgiving Day. These jokes are appropriate for all ages, which is great considering that you’ll most likely be telling them in your children’s presence. We’ve also split them into various categories to help you hone in on the perfect one for you.
Thanksgiving Turkey Jokes to Crack Your Ribs
1. How do you tell the difference between turkeys and chickens? Chickens celebrate Thanksgiving.
2. How many cooks does it take to stuff a turkey? One, but you really have to squeeze him in!
3. If fruit comes from a fruit tree, where does turkey come from? A poul-tree.
4. If things go wrong with Thanksgiving dinner, don’t lose your head. The turkey already did that for you.
5. If you call a big turkey a gobbler, what do you call a small one? A goblet.
6. Is turkey soup good for you? Not if you’re the turkey!
7. What can never be eaten for Thanksgiving dinner? Thanksgiving breakfast.
8. What comes at the end of Thanksgiving dinner? The letter “R.”
9. What did Han Solo say to Luke Skywalker on Thanksgiving? May the forks be with you.
10. What did the leftover turkey say? Make me a sandwich!
11. What did the little turkey say to the big turkey? Peck on someone your own size!
12. What did the mother turkey say to her disobedient children? “If your father could see you now, he’d be turning over in his gravy!”
13. What did the turkey say to the turkey hunter on Thanksgiving Day? Quack, Quack!
14. What do Thanksgiving and Halloween have in common? One has gobblers, the other goblins.
15. What do you call a running turkey? Fast food.
16. What do you call a turkey on the day after Thanksgiving? Lucky!
17. What do you call it when it rains turkeys? Fowl weather.
18. What do you get when you cross a turkey with a banjo? A turkey that can pluck itself!
19. What does every mom want to make on Thanksgiving? Dinner reservations.
20. What happened to the turkey that got in a fight? He got the stuffing knocked out of him!
21. What would you get if you crossed a turkey with a ghost? A poultry-geist!
22. What’s a turkey’s favorite Thanksgiving food? Nothing—it’s already stuffed.
23. What’s the best song to play while cooking a turkey? “All about that baste.”
24. Why can’t you take turkeys to church? They use fowl language!
25. Why did the farmer have to separate the chicken and the turkey? He sensed fowl play.
26. Why did the police arrest the turkey? They suspected it of fowl play!
27. Why did the policeman crash Thanksgiving dinner? To stop people from going over the feed limit.
28. Why did the turkey go to the plastic surgeon right before Thanksgiving? To get a breast reduction.
29. Why did they let the turkey join the band? Because he had his own drumsticks.
30. Why didn’t the cook season the Thanksgiving turkey? There was no thyme!
31. Why do turkeys make bad baseball players? They only hit fowl balls!
32. You know you overdid it at Thanksgiving when you thought the serving size for turkey was one.
Other Thanksgiving Food Jokes
33. What is a pumpkin’s favorite sport? Squash.
34. What role do green beans play in Thanksgiving dinner? The casse-role.”
35. What side dish do you bring for Thanksgiving dinner when you accidentally sat on the sweet potatoes?” “Squash casserole.
36. What’s Frankenstein’s favorite Thanksgiving dish? Monster mash potatoes and grave-y.
37. What’s the best thing to put into a pumpkin pie? Your teeth!
38. What’s the difference between a cranberry farmer and a pirate? Pirates bury their treasure and cranberry farmers treasure their berries.
39. Why did the cranberries turn red? Because they saw the turkey dressing.
40. Why did the farmer steamroll his potato field? He wanted mashed potatoes.
41. Why was the Thanksgiving soup so expensive? It had 24 carrots.
Thanksgiving Knock, Knock Jokes
42. Knock, knock! Who’s there? Aaron. Aaron who? Aaron you having more cranberry sauce?
43. Knock, knock! Who’s there? Aida. Aida who? Aida lot more than I should have!
44. Knock, knock! Who’s there? Annie. Annie who? Annie body seen the turkey?
45. Knock, knock! Who’s there? Arthur. Arthur who? Arthur any leftovers?
46. Knock, knock! Who’s there? Ava. Ava who? Ava seen a play about the first Thanksgiving?
47. Knock, knock! Who’s there? Ben. Ben who? Ben nice to see relatives on Thanksgiving.
48. Knock, knock! Who’s there? Dan. Dan who? Dan telling funny Thanksgiving jokes.
49. Knock, knock! Who’s there? Dewey. Dewy who? Dewey have to wait long to eat?
50. Knock, knock! Who’s there? Don. Don who? Don eat all the gravy, I want some more.
51. Knock, knock! Who’s there? Drew. Drew who? Drew hand turkeys for all the place settings.
52. Knock, knock! Who’s there? Emma. Emma who? Emma real pig when it comes to eating turkey!
53. Knock, knock! Who’s there? Esther. Esther who? Esther any more cranberry sauce or should I be contented with what I already have?
54. Knock, knock! Who’s there? Feather. Feather who? Feather the last time, then please set the table for Thanksgiving dinner!
55. Knock, knock! Who’s there? Gladys. Gladys who? Gladys Thanksgiving. Aren’t you too?
56. Knock, knock! Who’s there? Happy. Happy who? Happy Thanksgiving to you and may you have a wonderful time surrounded by your loved ones.
57. Knock, knock! Who’s there? Harry. Harry who? Harry up and set the dinner table already…I’m famished.
58. Knock, knock! Who’s there? Howie. Howie who? Howie am I supposed to walk in this turkey costume?
59. Knock, knock! Who’s there? Nadia. Nadia who? Nadia head when you say ‘Gobble! Gobble!’
60. Knock, knock! Who’s there? Norma Lee. Norma Lee who? Norma Lee I don’t drink and eat this much!
61. Knock, knock! Who’s there? Olive. Olive who? Olive the turkey stuffing!
62. Knock, knock! Who’s there? Phil. Phil who? Phil free to add more cranberry sauce, there’s plenty to go around.
63. Knock, knock! Who’s there? Tamara. Tamara who? Tamara we’ll eat all the leftovers!
64. Knock, knock! Who’s there? Wilma. Wilma who? Wil Ma make lots of food again this Thanksgiving?
Thanksgiving Pilgrim Jokes
65. Did you hear about the pilgrims involved in a class-action lawsuit? They reached a settlement.
66. Did you hear about the Roanoke residents? It was very unsettling.
67. How do educated Pilgrims travel? On scholar-ships.
68. If April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring? Pilgrims!
69. If British colonists are called Pilgrims, what do you call colonists from Spain? Spanish Acquisition.
70. If they were alive today, what would the Pilgrims be famous for? Being 400 years old.
71. What do you call a pilgrim back from a beach vacation? Puri-tan.
72. What do you call an accident-prone Pilgrim? A spill-grim.
73. What do you call the age of a pilgrim? Pilgrimage.
74. What kind of face does a pilgrim make when he’s in pain? Pil-grimace.
75. What kind of music did the Pilgrims like? Plymouth Rock.
76. What’s the smallest unit of measurement in the pilgrim cookbook? Pil-gram.
77. Where did the pilgrims first stand? On their feet.
78. Why did Pilgrims eat turkey at the first Thanksgiving? They couldn’t fit a whale in the oven.
79. Why didn’t the pilgrim want to make the bread? It’s a crummy job.
80. Why do Pilgrims’ pants always fall down? Because they wear their buckles on their hats!
Conclusion
Thanksgiving doesn’t have to be a dull and uneventful day. Not when there are plenty of amazing jokes and puns to spice up the occasion.
