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Reward Employee Dedication This Thanksgiving

This guide covers employee Thanksgiving gifts.

Let employees know how thankful you are for them.

Let employees know how thankful you are for them.

Thanksgiving Tidbits

Gift cards · Prepaid cards · Direct payments · Merchandise · Charity · Swag

Carved Thanksgiving turkey served for an employee appreciation meal
OVERVIEW

Why employee Thanksgiving gifts matter

Thanksgiving is a natural time to recognize employee dedication with flexible food, entertainment, local, and at-home gift options. TruCentive lets recipients choose, supports branded messaging and reminders, and returns the value of unclaimed rewards.

AT A GLANCE

Thanksgiving Incentive Choices Employees, Customers, and Partners Will Love

  • Delight recipients with Thanksgiving-themed employee incentives.
  • Let recipients choose what they genuinely want.
  • Set the available options and reward amount.
  • Offer local, national, and international choices through a simple recipient experience.
  • TruCentive automatically returns 100% of unclaimed incentive value to your account.

And We Make It Easy

It takes less than five minutes to upload your list, review the campaign, and send. Send-Ready projects include everything you need to delight employees:

  • Complete Thanksgiving designs
  • Your logo
  • Curated incentives for the holiday
  • Automated reminders
  • Delivery by SMS, email, or both

Delight recipients with employee Thanksgiving-themed incentives.

Let recipients choose what they really want

Let recipients choose what they really want.

Curate the incentive options you offer

You determine the options you’ll offer and the reward amount.

Make Thanksgiving gifting easy and fun

TruCentive makes it easy and fun with zero-friction gifts and incentives from local, national, and international choices.

Use one platform for fulfillment and delivery

TruCentive’s all-in-one incentive fulfillment and reward delivery platform automatically returns 100% of unclaimed incentive value to your account.

MORE WAYS TO DELIVER

Complete the Thanksgiving delivery with branding and reminders

Complete Thanksgiving designs

Your logo

Curated incentives for the holiday

Reminders

Send via SMS, Email, or both!

IN DETAIL

Meal and movie incentives for the Thanksgiving break

Meals

The ultimate employee Thanksgiving treat offers gourmet turkey dinners from several national firms for both in-home and dine-out options

Movies

Entertainment and movies are traditionally a big draw during the Thanksgiving break. Take the crew to the movie theater or redeem for movie streaming.
IN DETAIL

Snack gifts for smaller budgets and shared moments

Munchies

Maybe a full meal is not in your budget! Offer up snacks to complement the day.
AT A GLANCE

Send Ready Projects

Pressed for time? Browse our Send-Ready project catalog. Simply add your recipients! Your logo is seamlessly integrated into your project. Customize as much or as little as you like!
  • Your company logo
  • Personalized for the recipient and from the sender
  • Send via Email or SMS
  • Automated reminders included
It takes less than five minutes to send an award, gift, or incentive to one individual or thousands.

Your company logo

Personalize the recipient and sender message

Personalized for the recipient and from the sender

Send via Email or SMS

Automated reminders included

IN DETAIL

Meals make the Day!

Food items are a traditional favorite. Options allow your recipient to choose THEIR favorite merchants. You can curate a range of choices from unique desserts to grocery suppliers to full meals delivered to your home.
Family sharing a Thanksgiving dinner provided through employee appreciation
Williams Sonoma Thanksgiving meal gift option
IN DETAIL

Dine Out / Home

For the ultimate Thanksgiving treat, several national firms offer gourmet turkey dinners. Delivery times vary; many require about one week’s advance notice.

Harry and David's gift basket

heartstone farms

A medium rare steak on a plate

Landos Logo

Dartagnan Logo

IN DETAIL

Go Local

Keep it local by encouraging your recipients to support their local community through the Square Gift Card Marketplace. There are over 85,000 local retailers to choose from.

Friends having dinner at a locally owned restaurant using their company employee thanksgiving gifts

Cooking at home for the holiday

Local gift-card choices for Thanksgiving recognition
Grocery gift-card choices for an at-home Thanksgiving meal
IN DETAIL

Dine at Home

Dine at home and choose how much effort you want to put into your Thanksgiving meal! Start from scratch or choose a ready to cook meal.
IN DETAIL

Movies

Entertainment and movies are traditionally a big draw during the employee Thanksgiving break. Send employees to the movies! Take the crew to the movie theater or provide cards they can redeem for movie streaming or theater visits.
AMC movie gift card for a Thanksgiving family outing
IN DETAIL

Family Movie Night at Home or Off to the Theater

Have some fun and celebrate team members and the season by creating a theme to help employees get in the spirit. Add a photo contest or trivia contest to increase engagement.

A roll of tickets or movie tickets

Fandango Gift Card

Couple at home watching a movie

IN DETAIL

Munchies

While you’re making sure everything is coming together perfectly for dinner, your guests may like something to nosh on, keep them occupied, and get them engaged with their favorite munchies!
Friends sharing snacks while watching Thanksgiving sports
Variety snack box for a Thanksgiving employee gift
IN DETAIL

Munchies for All

There’s no better day to watch football, parades, or a favorite movie with friends and family than Thanksgiving. Make snacks easy with hundreds of popular options.

Thanksgiving snack gift basket with chocolates and sweets

Assorted Thanksgiving snack gift basket

AT A GLANCE

Thanksgiving Tidbits

  • Thanksgiving originated as a day of thanksgiving and harvest festival, with the holiday theme revolving around giving thanks and the centerpiece of a Thanksgiving dinner.
  • Under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the date was moved to one week earlier, observed between 1939 and 1941 amid significant controversy. From 1942 onwards, Thanksgiving, by an act of Congress, signed into law by FDR, received a permanent observation date, the fourth Thursday in November, no longer at the discretion of the President.
  • President Thomas Jefferson chose not to observe the holiday, and its celebration was intermittent.
  • In 1863, during the US Civil War, US President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day to be held each November.
  • On June 28, 1870, President Ulysses S. Grant signed the Holidays Act that made Thanksgiving a yearly appointed federal holiday in Washington, D.C.
  • On January 6, 1885, Congress made Thanksgiving, and other federal holidays, a paid holiday for all federal workers throughout the United States.
  • George Washington issued the first Thanksgiving proclamation in 1789, asking Americans to give thanks for the end of the War of Independence and ratification of the U.S. Constitution.
  • Other customs include charitable Thanksgiving dinners, religious services, parades, and football games.

Portrait of George Washington, who issued the first Thanksgiving proclamation

Thanksgiving began as a harvest and gratitude tradition

Thanksgiving originated as a day of thanksgiving and harvest festival, with the holiday theme revolving around giving thanks and the centerpiece of a Thanksgiving dinner.

Franklin D. Roosevelt changed the observance date

Under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the date was moved to one week earlier, observed between 1939 and 1941 amid significant controversy. From 1942 onwards, Thanksgiving, by an act of Congress, signed into law by FDR, received a permanent observation date, the fourth Thursday in November, no longer at the discretion of the President.

Thomas Jefferson declined to observe the holiday

President Thomas Jefferson chose not to observe the holiday, and its celebration was intermittent.

MORE THANKSGIVING HISTORY

Presidential and congressional Thanksgiving milestones

Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day

In 1863, during the US Civil War, US President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day to be held each November.

Ulysses S. Grant made Thanksgiving a federal holiday

On June 28, 1870, President Ulysses S. Grant signed the Holidays Act that made Thanksgiving a yearly appointed federal holiday in Washington, D.C.

Congress made federal holidays paid days off

On January 6, 1885, Congress made Thanksgiving, and other federal holidays, a paid holiday for all federal workers throughout the United States.

GET STARTED

Incentive delivery that means more and costs less

Unclaimed rewards returned, always. Build a complete project in the campaign builder with your logo, your recipients, and your incentive selections, then send. Related reading: bad employee gifts, last-minute employee gifts.

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Reward Employee Dedication this Festive Thanksgiving Season

Let employees know how thankful you are for them.

Thanksgiving incentive choices your employees, customers and partners will love to receive!

  • Delight recipients with employee Thanksgiving-themed incentives.
  • Let recipients choose what they really want.
  • You determine the options you’ll offer and the reward amount.
  • TruCentive makes it easy and fun with zero-friction gifts and incentives from local, national, and international choices.
  • With TruCentive’s All-in-One Incentive Fulfillment and Reward Delivery Platform automatically returns 100% of your unclaimed incentive value to your account.

... and we make it easy!

It takes less than 5 minutes to load your list, review, and send. Send ready project have everything you need to delight employees:

  • Complete Thanksgiving designs
  • Your logo
  • Curated incentives for the holiday
  • Reminders
  • Send via SMS, Email, or both!
A carved Turkey

Meals

The ultimate employee Thanksgiving treat offers gourmet turkey dinners from several national firms for both in-home and dine-out options

A roll of tickets or movie tickets

Movies

Entertainment and movies are traditionally a big draw during the Thanksgiving break. Take the crew to the movie theater or redeem for movie streaming.

A nighttime view of a diner for Thanksgiving

Munchies

Maybe a full meal is not in your budget! Offer up snacks to complement the day. 

Send Ready Projects

Pressed for time? Browse our Send-Ready project catalog. Simply add your recipients! Your logo is seamlessly integrated into your project. Customize as much or as little as you like!

  • Your company logo
  • Personalized for the recipient and from the sender
  • Send via Email or SMS
  • Automated reminders included


It takes less than five minutes to send an award, gift, or incentive to one individual or thousands.

A TruCentive send-ready project design complete for the Thanksgiving holiday
A TruCentive send-ready project design complete for the Thanksgiving holiday
A TruCentive send-ready project design complete for the Thanksgiving holiday

Meals make the Day!

Food items are a traditional favorite. Options allow your recipient to choose THEIR favorite merchants. You can curate a range of choices from unique desserts to grocery suppliers to full meals delivered to your home.

A family enjoying employee thanksgiving dinner provided as part of their companies employee appreciation

Dine Out / Home

For the ultimate Thanksgiving treat, several national firms offer gourmet turkey dinners. Delivery times vary; many require about one week’s advance notice.

Williams Sonoma logo
Harry and David's gift basket
heartstone farms
A medium rare steak on a plate
Landos Logo
Dartagnan Logo

Go Local

Keep it local by encouraging your recipients to support their local community through the Square Gift Card Marketplace. There are over 85,000 local retailers to choose from.

local gift cards
Friends having dinner at a locally owned restaurant using their company employee thanksgiving gifts
Cooking at home for the holiday

Dine at Home

Dine at home and choose how much effort you want to put into your Thanksgiving meal! Start from scratch or choose a ready to cook meal.

Group of grocery cards

Movies

Entertainment and movies are traditionally a big draw during the employee Thanksgiving break. Send employees to the movies! Take the crew to the movie theater or provide cards they can redeem for movie streaming or theater visits.

Family Movie Night at Home or Off to the Theater

Have some fun and celebrate team members and the season by creating a theme to help employees get in the spirit. Add a photo contest or trivia contest to increase engagement.

AMC gift card
A roll of tickets or movie tickets
Fandango Gift Card
Couple at home watching a movie

Munchies

While you’re making sure everything is coming together perfectly for dinner, your guests may like something to nosh on, keep them occupied, and get them engaged with their favorite munchies!

Group having munchies on the Thanksgiving Holiday

Munchies for All

There’s no better day to watch football, parades, or your favorite movie with friends and family than Thanksgiving. Make snacks easy this year with hundreds of popular options.

CRAVEBOX Snack Box (50 Count) Variety Pack Gift Care Package Basket
Broadway Basketeers Sympathy Care Package Gift Basket of Chocolates & Sweets.
Broadway Basketeers Sympathy Wishes Gift Basket
George Washington Painting
  • George Washington issued the first Thanksgiving proclamation in 1789 in the United States. He asked Americans to say thanks for the end of the war of independence and the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.
  • Other Thanksgiving customs include charitable organizations offering Thanksgiving dinner for the poor, attending religious services, and watching parades and football games.

Thanksgiving Tidbits

  • Thanksgiving originated as a day of thanksgiving and harvest festival, with the holiday theme revolving around giving thanks and the centerpiece of a Thanksgiving dinner.
  • Under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the date was moved to one week earlier, observed between 1939 and 1941 amid significant controversy. From 1942 onwards, Thanksgiving, by an act of Congress, signed into law by FDR, received a permanent observation date, the fourth Thursday in November, no longer at the discretion of the President.
  • President Thomas Jefferson chose not to observe the holiday, and its celebration was intermittent.
  • In 1863, during the US Civil War, US President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day to be held each November.
  • On June 28, 1870, President Ulysses S. Grant signed the Holidays Act that made Thanksgiving a yearly appointed federal holiday in Washington, D.C.
  • On January 6, 1885, Congress made Thanksgiving, and other federal holidays, a paid holiday for all federal workers throughout the United States.