Before we switch gears from Halloween straight to Christmas, we can’t forget about another fan-favorite holiday—Thanksgiving! Full of good times with family and friends and plenty of delicious foods, Thanksgiving deserves its own recognition during the holiday season.

Let’s also not forget that Thanksgiving Day and Thanksgiving weekend are some of the biggest shopping days of the year. Last year, Americans spent $5.6 billion on things like clothes, electronics, jewelry and toys.

To make sure your business is capitalizing on this special time of the year, you need to be planning some Thanksgiving-themed marketing campaigns! We’ve put together this list of Thanksgiving sayings, themes, words, quotes and Instagram captions that you can copy and paste right into your marketing materials.

Thanksgiving Words

Looking to sprinkle a little Thanksgiving charm into your email campaigns, website copy or social media posts? Let us give you some inspo with popular Thanksgiving words to build from:

Thanksgiving Themes

If you’re looking to keep your Thanksgiving marketing campaign cohesive across platforms, it’s a good idea to pick one theme and run with it. Choose one of these to use across your website, social media and print or use them as inspo to come up with a theme of your own:

• Traditional Feast: a tried-and-true classic that works for all kinds of businesses.
• Gobble, Gobble: turkeys take center stage in this theme. Make them cute or classic and take advantage of all the puns you can find.
• Harvest: a more subtle nod to the season. This theme is all about bountiful fruits and veggies.
• Autumn Spice: this theme takes full advantage of all the beautiful, warm hues that come with fall and the Thanksgiving season.
• Orchard: this one is for apple lovers! Transform your site and store into your very own orchard.
• Sweet Treats: pies, dessert bread, cupcakes, cookies and candy. Treat your customers to a sweet theme.
• Friendsgiving: this theme has been rising in popularity over the last few years. It’s all about celebrating the holiday with the family you choose—your friends!
• Pumpkin patch: we didn’t forget about pumpkin spice and everything nice! Carry over your pumpkin theme from Halloween into Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving Sayings for Any Business

Now, as promised, we’ll dish out all those premade Thanksgiving sayings that you can just pop into your marketing materials and go! First up, some general sentiments that will work for whatever kind of business you run:

1. 🦃 Turkey Kisses and Thanksgiving Wishes!
2. Now Entering: Mashed Potato Month
3. Wishing You a Bountiful Thanksgiving! 🍂 🦃
4. What are we thankful for? Our amazing customers!
5. A big thank you & even bigger deals! Shop [%] off.
6. 🦃Give thanks with [business name] – now [%] off!

Thanksgiving Sayings for Promotions

An estimated 182 million people are planning to shop Thanksgiving weekend in 2024, so it only makes sense that you’ll be running some great sales and promotions to entice them to shop your establishment. These sayings will give savvy shoppers something to gobble about:

7. 🍽️ We’re serving up the savings.
8. A Thanksgiving feast that fits your budget. 🍗
9. This sale is going on your gratitude list. 🛍️
10. BOGO during giving season? It just makes sense.
11. 🦃 A Thanksgiving giveaway is definitely something to be thankful for!
12. 🏈Kick off your holiday shopping with [%] off!

Thanksgiving Sayings for Service Business

Just because you provide a service to your clients doesn’t mean you can’t create some fun marketing for them to feast their eyes on. Check out these options:

13. Happy Turkey Day! Enjoy [%] off [your service] to celebrate! 🦃
14. Car need a tune-up before the family road trip? Call us today!
15. Give the gift of a clean home this holiday season! Call us today for a gift card!
16. You have enough on your plate, let us handle [your service] this Thanksgiving.
17. Hosting holiday guests? Let us handle the cleanup. 🧹
18. Our biggest thanks to you for making our dreams possible. ❤️

Thanksgiving Sayings for Retailers

Retail businesses are going to see the most uptick in Thanksgiving shopping. From new outfits to décor and food for feasts, you’ve got what holiday shoppers are looking for. Encourage them to choose you over the competition with this messaging:

19. 🛍️ Need a new outfit to wear to the living room?
20. Your Thanksgiving tablescape awaits. Shop now. 🍽️
21. 🦃Happy Thanksgiving! Shop early bird specials to gear up for the holiday season.
22. 🍗 Feast on these Thanksgiving discounts!
23. Happy Thanksgiving! Check out this Black Friday preview 👀
24. Thanksgiving prep made easy – 20% off the essentials. 🦃

Thanksgiving Quotes

Maybe you want to center a day of gratitude around some heartfelt quotes. We’ve got you covered there too. These were some of our faves:

25. “When one has a grateful heart, life is so beautiful.” ― Roy Bennett
26. “Abundance is not a result you create. It is an existing state you recognize.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
27. “Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.” — Karl Barth
28. “We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.” — John F. Kennedy
29. “Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” — Marcel Proust
30. “Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.” — A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh

Thanksgiving Instagram Captions

Keep your social media in the festive spirit too with Instagram captions like this:

31. It’s all gravy, baby. 😏
32. You didn’t think we’d forget about mashed potato month, did you?
33. Thankful for the opportunity to wear a cute new outfit to the living room. 💁‍♀️
34. Turkey, football and great deals—it’s the most wonderful time of the year! 🍂 🍗 🏈
35. We’re thankful for sweater weather. 🍂
36. What’s your fave Thanksgiving side dish? Let us know in the comments for a chance to win! 🍗 🥔 🥗 🥖 🍠

Final Thoughts

The holidays are fast approaching, and you should be planning out your Thanksgiving marketing soon. We hope this list of Thanksgiving sayings, themes, words, Instagram captions and quotes have you feeling just a little bit more prepared than you were before reading this post. We’re here to help you hit your business goals while having plenty of time left over to spend with your family and friends!

Looking for more digital marketing help beyond the holidays? We’re here to help with that too! Reach out to RevLocal today for a free, no-obligation consultation with a marketing expert.