15 Fun Thanksgiving Icebreakers

Hey, it’s Turkey Day! And what is a major national holiday for if not for keeping us calm, cool, and collected… SIKE! The hustle and bustle and culinary craziness that comes with Thanksgiving may be a recipe (pardon the pun) for chaos, but your conversation doesn’t have to be! Jump-start your table talk with some classic Thanksgiving icebreakers, and some silly ones, too.

Oldies-but-Goodies

  1. What’s are you grateful for this year?

  2. f you could learn to cook any recipe, what would it be?

  3. “Remember when…?” [cue the nostalgia]

  4. What’s your favorite holiday movie?

  5. Do you have any New Year’s Resolutions?

For the Thanksgiving Traditionalists

  1. What’s your favorite float in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade?

  2. Should the same dog be allowed to win the National Dog Show two years in a row? Discuss.

  3. Make a football pool! (Not an icebreaker, but guaranteed to get the party started.)

  4. What’s your favorite Thanksgiving TV special?

  5. What’s your favorite traditional Thanksgiving dish?

Just for Fun

  1. How many holiday-related animals can you name? (“Turkey” might be a good place to start.)

  2. Who do you think your Spotify/Apple Music top artist will be for 2024?

  3. What’s something weird you learned this year?

  4. Who's up for a game of charades???

  5. Who’s your favorite family member? Shhhh, not too loud!

BONUS: For the Extended/Partner/Friend’s Family Thanksgiving

  1. So… how do you all know each other?

What’s your favorite Thanksgiving icebreaker?

Allison ScharmannComment