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Questions - Thanksgiving - November 11-12 & 20, 2012

46% Will Have Thanksgiving Dinner At Home
51% Regard Thanksgiving As One of Most Important Holidays
68% Prefer 'Merry Christmas' Over 'Happy Holidays'
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National Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted November 11-12, 2012
By Rasmussen Reports

1* Do you consider Thanksgiving to be one of our nation’s most important holidays, least important holidays or somewhere in between?

2* Will you have Thanksgiving dinner next week at your home, a relative’s home, a friend’s home or a restaurant?

3* Will the main course be turkey or ham?

4* Will you watch football on Thanksgiving?

5* Will you eat too much on Thanksgiving?

6* Will you do any work at your job on Thanksgiving?

7* Will you attend a Thanksgiving Day Parade?

8* Do you have a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving?

9* Would you prefer stores to show signs saying Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays?

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence

National Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted November 20, 2012
By Rasmussen Reports

1* How many people will you be having Thanksgiving dinner with this year – no one, one, two or three, four or five, six to 10, more than 10, not sure?

NOTE:
Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence