Found: Clever Instagram Captions to Spice Up Your Thanksgiving Post
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Maybe it's a little gauche to admit it, but Thanksgiving is one of my favorite days to peruse the 'Gram. On a normal day, the carousel of photo dumps is less-than-inspiring, and there are only so many times you can tell your Instagram-Reel-obsessed friend that you already saw the video they sent you on TikTok.
On Turkey Day, though, feeds are as full as your belly after dinner. You see photos of sweet food spreads, mushy gushy slideshows, and festive 'fit checks.
While these pics probably say more than a thousand words, no Instagram post is complete without a caption. Below, see 150 quotes, funny quips, and sweet sentiments that are perfect for Thanksgiving captions.
Thanksgiving Quotes to Use for Captions
1.“It’s Thanksgiving. We, we, we are gonna have a good time—with the turkey (ay).” —Nicole Westbrook, “It’s Thanksgiving” (If your followers aren't well-versed in this YouTube lore, they'll be grateful you introduced them).
2. "Happy Thanksgiving Back." —You've Got Mail (1999)
3. "The turkey. The sweet potatoes. The stuffing. The pumpkin pie. Is there anything else we all can agree so vehemently about? I don’t think so." —Norah Ephron
4. "Acknowledging the good that you already have in life is the foundation for abundance." —Eckhard Tolle
5. "Be present in all things and thankful for all things." —Maya Angelou
6. "Do you ever stop eating?" —Hermione Granger. (answer: no).
7. "I can't cook Thanksgiving dinner. All I can make is cold cereal and maybe toast." —Charlie Brown in A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving.
8. "thank u, next" —"Thank U, Next"by Ariana Grande
9. "In my life, I'll love you more" —"In My Life"by the Beatles
10. "Be thankful for what you have, and you'll end up having more." —Oprah Winfrey
11. "It seems like blessings keep falling in my lap." —"Blessings"by Chance The Rapper
12. "Be grateful more than anything in your life." —Taylor Swift
13. "I would kiss Thanksgiving. Its kiss would be salty and delicious." —Bob Belcher in Bob's Burgers
14. "It’s not too much food. This is what we’ve been training for our whole lives. This is our destiny, this is our finest hour." —Lorelei Gilmore in Gilmore Girls
15. "It wouldn't be Thanksgiving without a little emotional scarring." —Friends
16. "Your sweet potatoes are bland." —Eric in Gossip Girl
Funny Thanksgiving Captions
17. I’m not thankful for, I’m thankful five.
18. Tag yourself as who you'd be at The Gossip Girl Thanksgiving, I'm [insert your favorite character].
19. I ran a Turkey Trot this morning and this is the first time I'm bringing it up #proud.
20. I'm all about that baste 🦃
21. I've already unbuttoned my jeans.
22. I might play "Whatcha Say" by Jason Derulo at the dinner table for the drama. (This one's for the true Gossip Girl fans.)
23. Are you the Lucy or the Charlie Brown of your Thanksgiving? #Football
24. Can't wait to dress to the nines to sit in my living room.
25. Thankful for all the good food I'll be eating today.
26. Thankful most of all for my post-dinner yoga pants.
27. Gobble, gobble 🦃
28. Pie me! 🥧
29. Thankful I'm not in a Turkey Trot family...
30. It’s officially okay to listen to Christmas music now, right?
Cutesy Thanksgiving Captions
31. Long Live the Snoopy Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon!
32. Every day is leg day. 🦃
33. Turkey Mode: Activated
34. I'm feeling so 🍁🦃🥧🍠🥔
35. Feeling Blessed 🫶 Never Stressed 🙅♀️ 😫
36. Comment your fave dish of the day 👇
37. I'm cuter than my plate pic 🔥
38. Mariah Carey has officially defrosted!
39. Give Thanks 🙌
40. Going into Feast Mode™
41. Blessed and Thanksgiving obsessed 😋
42. Totally going to win my family's flag football game 💅
43. Finally graduated from the kids' table this year.
45. That post-dinner nap about to be 🔥.
Gratitude/Thankful Thanksgiving Captions
46. My life is pretty grand, actually.
47. Gratitude is the best attitude.
48. Thankful is an understatement 😌.
49. Already full (of love) ❤️
50. The more you're grateful, the more you'll have.
51. Everyday is a good day to feel grateful (but today is just a bonus).
52. Gratitude turns what we have into enough ❤️.
53. There is so much to feel grateful for 🫶
54. No feeling is better than gratitude.
55. The more grateful you are, the happier you'll be.
56. I'm so thankful 🥰
57. A grateful life is a greater life.
58. Thank(full).
59. Please pass the gratitude. 🙏
60. Count blessings, not calories ❤️
Captions About Family & Friends
61. My fam, best fam.
62. We are Family 👨👩👦👦
63. Thanksgiving: the holiday all about family.
64. Family, Food, Friendship
65. Anyone is welcome at our Thanksgiving feast ❤️
66. The best part of Thanksgiving is spending time with my fam❤️
67. Today is all about family and football 🏈
68. Family, friends, food, and football 🏈🦃👨👩👦👦🙏
69. I just love my fam 🫶
70. Underrated part of Thanksgiving: cooking with my mom.
71. Family is the most entertaining part of today 😌
72. Squeezing all of us at one table will be a challenge.
73. Cherishing this family time.
74. Family>Food.
75. Always, always grateful for my fam ❤️.
Thanksgiving Food Captions
76. It’s all about the potatoes.
77. I’m all that…and a bucket of gravy.
78. Please pass the sweet potatoes.
79. It's all in the sauce.
80. Pies, pies, and more pies🥧
81. Who's fighting me for the wish bone?
82. Hot take: Mac & Cheese is the most important Thanksgiving food.
83. I've got that secret sauce.
84. Going crazy for the cranberry sauce 🫙
85. More stuffed than our 🦃
86. Who's bringing the pie?
87. IDK if I saved room for dessert 🍨
88. In a world of turkeys, be the smoked ham 🍖
89. Who's here for the green bean casserole? 🙋♀️
90. Grateful to be grubbing 🙏
Captions For Thanksgiving Couple Pics
91. I’m the most thankful for [tag partner].
92. You're the apple of my pie.
93. He's/She's/They're my pumpkin.
94. First love: [insert favorite Thanksgiving food]. Second love: [tag partner].
95. I'll save you a seat at the Thanksgiving table.
96. The hardest launch of all is taking your partner to your family's Thanksgiving.
97. I like [tag partner] better than [favorite Thanksgiving food].
98. They're sweeter than my favorite kind of potatoes.
99. First Thanksgiving together was a success.
100. If they win over my grandma, they're a keeper for sure.
101. Thanksgiving love ❤️.
102. Successfully secured for cuffing season 🙏
103. Being in a relationship means double the food this year 😍.
104. The Mac to my Cheese.
105. Giving extra thanks for this one.
Friendsgiving Captions/Thanksgiving Captions with Friends
106. My chosen Family
107. Us> Monica, Chandler, Rachel, Ross, Joey, Phoebe
108. Probably not the best idea for us to cook everything...
109. Somehow we all squeezed into [tag host]'s apartment.
110. The charades after dinner went crazy.
111. New tradition unlocked 🫶
112. I love my friends.
113. My favorite people to share a meal with:
114. Eat, drink, be merry.
115. Friends and food. What more could you want?
116. I love being the mom friend.
117. Pie before guys 🥧
118. Good food, better company.
119. My turkeys 🦃
120. We did it for the plot 🫶🥧
Thanksgiving Dog Instagram Captions
121. He's/She's my Snoopy
122. [Dog's name] is already searching for the table scraps.
123. It's [Dog's name] favorite day of the year.
124. [Dog's name] did *not* like the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade.
125. [Dog's name] is getting the wish bone.
126. [Dog's name] has been lingering in the kitchen all day...
127. [Dog's name] helped prepare the toast and cold cereal a la Snoopy.
128. [Dog's name] won the family football game.
129. Thanksgiving is definitely a dog's favorite holiday.
130. The family spending all day at home and eating? A dream for my dog.
131. Yes, they did bark at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade broadcast.
132. I swear they like their sweater.
133. My sous-chef.
134. [Dog's name] is ready to gobble some good food off the floor.
135. Wdym dogs don't get a seat at the Thanksgiving table?
Thanksgiving Instagram Captions for Business
136. [Business name] is most grateful for our customers.
137. Be Thankful, we're open!
138. Thankful to be open 🙏
139. Busy being thankful and prepping for Black Friday.
140. We're open 'til [insert time] today!
141. Happy Thanksgiving from the [Insert business] fam!
142. Forgot something for dinner? [Insert business] has you covered!
143. Thankful for another successful year at [Insert business]!
144. [Insert business] wishes you and your loved ones a happy Thanksgiving!
145. Come and see us while we're open today!
146. Closed for family and food time 🙏.
147. Thankful for another year serving [insert community].
148. Thanksgiving is the best time for [insert business commodity].
149. Happy Thanksgiving a.k.a. Brown Thursday. Come see us!
150. Gobble up good deals at [insert business name]!
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