How the strange 'turkey pardon' tradition got started
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While the reason why the tradition started is still a bit of a mystery, the White House traces it all the way back to President Lincoln in 1863.
As the story goes, Lincoln's son, Tad, may or may not have persuaded his father not to eat the turkey they purchased for Christmas dinner. They instead adopted it as a pet, naming the turkey Jack.
However, it would be more than 100 years until a President - John F. Kennedy -formally "pardoned" a turkey on the White House grounds.
In 2013, CNN investigated what happened to the turkeys after they were pardoned. Sadly, they found that the birds rarely lived longer than for a few months after they were saved from being eaten.
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