Stats of our lives
Stats of our lives: The turkey toll
The financial cost of Thanksgiving expands right along with our waistlines — and more in our collection of surprising facts and figures
$49.48
Average amount that American households will each spend this year on Thanksgiving dinner for a party of 10
$28.74
Cost of that same Thanksgiving dinner in 1986
1
Years since 1986 that the cost of Turkey Dinner hasn't climbed. (That would be 2008 — when America was battling financial collapse.)
Source: Los Angeles Times