Get Lucky... with Plastic Wishbones!

Revive a Favorite Thanksgiving Tradition for Everyone

Here's one you might remember as an old Thanksgiving tradition: Everyone's eaten; grandpa's passed out in his favorite chair, snoring over the commentary of the football game; pumpkin pies are being finished; your one uncle is trying to argue politics with anyone who will listen; and then grandma brings out the wishbone from the turkey. It's been hastily dried and feels a little gross, but that doesn't dull the excitement of the time when a younger you got to pull on the wishbone, hoping it would break in your favor (and not your snotty cousin's) and grant a wish.

Usually the wish was for something off the top tier of the Christmas list. Sometimes it was for something high-minded like "world peace" in an effort to score brownie points with Santa, but years later it's not the wish you remember, but the memory of a more magical time.

Well, without getting too nostalgic you might be happy to know that we have a way to bring those magical memories to everyone with easy (and much less messy) Lucky Break Wishbone sets! The dark side of those old memories is not everyone could participate (there was more than one fight over it in our family), but now they can! And you don't have to go through an entire flock of turkeys to do it -- these Lucky Wishbones are made from a special recyclable plastic that behaves exactly like a real wishbone. They're good for the environment and good for our avian friends.

Try It at Your Next Business Meeting or Even Your Wedding

You can also go beyond Thanksgiving. Breaking the wishbone is now popular at events like wedding receptions (we've got some great ideas for this), and even at business meetings and training seminars. Nothing says "icebreaker" like going toe-to-toe with your coworkers over having a wish granted, and wishbones are a lot easier and safer than trust falls!

The Ancient (And Unusual) History of the Wishbone Tradition

But if you're anything like the staff at BridesVillage, then this whole time you've been wondering why breaking the wishbone is a tradition at all. Where did it come from? Who started it? And, most importantly, why? Exactly how did turkeys get the power to grant wishes anyway?

Well, we did a little research and discovered the wishbone tradition is far more ancient and unusual than we thought, dating all the way back to the days before the Roman Empire. And back then it wasn't turkeys (which are native to the New World, after all), but chickens! Want to learn more? We've got the entire strange and fascinating History of the Wishbone Tradition posted on our website!

So go ahead, get a pack or ten and start asking everyone in your best Dirty Harry voice, "Do you feel lucky?"