Fact 66: Why do we eat Turkey on Christmas Day in the uk?

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Fact 66: Why do we eat Turkey on Christmas Day in the uk?

The reason is because Henry VIII (1491-1547) basically decided that Turkey should be a Christmas tradition. This is because the British Empire discovered America (the New World) and Turkeys are from America so Turkeys became popular because they were being shipped over from America to Britain for people to eat. The 16th-century farmer  and English poet Thomas Tusser (1524 – 3 May 1580) wrote down that by 1573 Turkeys were commonly served in England for Christmas dinner. Queen Victoria played a massive part in keeping the tradition of eating Turkeys at Christmas going to day by reopening training with America (USA) this made Turkeys more popular because there were again more of them. Edward VII also popularised eating Turkeys at Christmas dinner and made it fashionable.

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