Thanksgiving Jokes That Stuff More Laughs Than the Turkey

Thanksgiving in 2025 isn’t just turkey and football — it’s your uncle live-streaming his “secret recipe” on TikTok, your cousin Googling “how long does it take to microwave a turkey,” and Grandma insisting the Wi-Fi is “broken” while it’s just on airplane mode. 🦃
Here’s a table full of Thanksgiving jokes you can pass around faster than the cranberry sauce no one actually eats.

🍗 Turkey Talk: Bird Brains & Beak Puns

• Why don’t turkeys ever get invited to band practice? They can only drumsticks.
• What’s a turkey’s favorite app? Gobble Maps.
• Why did the turkey join the comedy club? For the stuffing laughs.
• What do you call a turkey on Zoom? A Butterball with buffering.
• Why don’t turkeys use phones? They’re afraid of getting roasted.
• What sound does a space turkey make? Hubble, hubble.
• Yoyo’s Thanksgiving plan? Bark at the turkey until someone “accidentally” drops it.

Pullquote:
“The scariest Thanksgiving horror movie? The Return of the Leftovers, Part 3.”

🥧 Table Trouble: Family Feasts Gone Wrong

• Why was the Thanksgiving table so polite? It had good manners and good platers.
• What did the sweet potato say to the marshmallow? “I yam what I yam.”
• Why can’t you trust Thanksgiving leftovers? They’re always a little fishy.
• Why did the cranberry sauce cross the road? To escape being canned.
• What’s the worst seat at Thanksgiving dinner? Between the vegan cousin and the uncle who deep-fried the turkey.
• How do you make mashed potatoes smile? Butter them up.
• Family hack: Swap out salt for sugar — instant chaos.

Callback: Same prank from April Fools Jokes — sugar and salt swaps are undefeated.

🏈 Football Funnies: Touchdowns & Turkeys

• Why did the turkey get flagged? Fowl play.
• Why was the stuffing on defense? It wanted to stop the rolls.
• Why did Dad bring a ladder to the game? To watch the high lights.
• What’s the referee’s favorite Thanksgiving side? Penalty corn.
• Why did the quarterback invite pie? Because it knows how to slice the defense.
• Best halftime show? Grandpa falling asleep in the recliner.
• Worst one? Uncle Gary explaining crypto again.

👨‍👩‍👧 Family Circus: Relatives Roasting Each Other

• Why was Thanksgiving dinner tense? Someone said pumpkin pie was “mid.”
• What do kids call their favorite dish? Mac & Sneeze (flu season edition).
• Why did Aunt Carol bring kale salad? April Fools came early.
• Why did the cousins hide in the garage? Wi-Fi was stronger out there.
• Thanksgiving parenting hack: Tell your kids the wishbone grants chores.
• Grandpa’s joke every year: “This turkey’s a little fowl.” Still laughs at himself.
• Yoyo’s version: “This stuffing’s a little chewy.” Still eats it.

🧑‍🍳 Kitchen Chaos: Cooking Disasters We All Know

• Why did the turkey get kicked out of the oven? It was roasting everyone.
• Why did Mom yell at Alexa? Alexa set the timer for 45 hours.
• What happened when the pie burned? Everyone said it was “extra crispy flavor.”
• Why did the dishwasher panic? It saw 47 dirty plates incoming.
• Worst recipe tip: “Microwave the turkey.” Someone always Googles it.
• Thanksgiving 2025 hack: Air fry the entire meal. No one’s happy.

🚌 Travel Trouble: Pilgrimage Jokes for 2025

• Why was the traffic jam so polite? Everyone was in the carpool-lane gravy.
• What did the GPS say on Thanksgiving? “Recalculating… stop for pie.”
• Why don’t planes serve turkey dinner? Too much turbulence stuffing.
• What do kids ask on road trips? “Are we there… YET? Or is it just leftovers?”
• Why did the bus driver love Thanksgiving? He got to talk turkey with every passenger.
• Yoyo’s contribution: Barking at every toll booth. Free entertainment.

🎬 Pop Culture & Screen Time Stuffing

• Why did Netflix crash on Thanksgiving? Too many people binging gravy shows.
• What’s the turkey’s favorite Marvel hero? Hawk-eye.
• Why did the pumpkin pie go viral? It had perfect crust angles.
• What game do kids play after dinner? Hide and Sleep.
• Why don’t gamers like Thanksgiving lag? The mashed potatoes buffer too.
• 2025 version: AI accidentally set Alexa reminders for “Black Friday panic.”

⚡ Quickfire: Copy & Paste Gobbles

• Thanksgiving: the Super Bowl of leftovers.
• Turkey’s last words: “Don’t flip me, bro.”
• Cranberry sauce = the USB cable of Thanksgiving. No one knows which way it goes.
• The wishbone doesn’t grant wishes. It just starts arguments.
• Yoyo’s wishbone wish: Unlimited couch naps.

🌟 Wrap-Up

Thanksgiving jokes aren’t just for kids — they’re the seasoning that keeps awkward dinners bearable and makes leftovers taste funnier the next day. Drop them at the table, in the group chat, or during halftime, and you’ll be the real MVP of the holiday.

For more seasonal fun, check out our Holiday Jokes hub or keep it kid-friendly with our Kids Jokes collection.