HOLIDAY SEASON IS football season in the US, and few holidays have the kind of link to America’s favorite game that Thanksgiving does.
History
Football has been a regular part of Thanksgiving since 1934, the year that the Detroit Lions played their first turkey day game against the Chicago Bears. The Lions had just relocated from Ohio, and their new owner George A. Richards was looking for a way to help the team steal some attention away from MLB’s wildly popular Detroit Tigers.