This Year’s Thanksgiving Food Trends You Need to Know 🦃

According to a new study, one in five Americans plan to host friends and family for the first time ever this holiday season.<br /><br />The study of 2,000 U.S. adults who celebrate the winter holidays found 42% plan to host in the upcoming months — 19% of whom have never hosted before.<br /><br />Commissioned by The Honey Baked Ham Company and conducted by Talker Research, the survey found 59% consider hosting guests a tradition of theirs. An additional 41% actually prefer creating new traditions instead of following old, established ones.<br /><br />More than half of Americans (52%) also said food plays a big role in developing their traditions. While most see turkey as the most “traditional” food for the holidays (92%), 49% said they’d prefer to serve ham as an alternative on Thanksgiving. In fact, 73% said ham would likely be a main dish for them throughout the holiday season.