The 10 Most Memorable Thanksgiving Halftime Shows

One of America’s weirdest holiday traditions: The Thanksgiving NFL halftime show. There’s always football on in the background, somewhere between the kids’ table and the drunk uncles’ poker game — with a halftime soundtrack. Turkey Day halftimes aren’t a high-stakes annual ritual like the Super Bowl — not yet. But that might change this year, with some heavy hitters taking the field. Jack White is playing the Detroit Lions-Green Bay Packers game. Post Malone will perform in Dallas when the Cowboys take on the Kansas City Chiefs. And Lil Jon will be doing the honors when the Baltimore Ravens face the Cincinnati Bengals.

So let’s give thanks and raise a toast to the ten best Thanksgiving halftime shows in history. Or at least “most memorable” — let’s face it, when you’re in a turkey coma, there’s some grey area, especially when Creed is involved. But here’s our tribute to the halftime heroes who have missed their tofurducken dinner to serve our nation at game time, when most of us hit the bathroom or go for thirds on Aunt Marilee’s blueberry pie.

Good luck to this year’s Thanksgiving stars. What will happen? Will Jack White bring up Iggy or Meg or a Gories reunion? Will Post Malone invite Taylor to do “Fortnite”? (You know she’ll be at the game.) Will Lil Jon go hard from the windooooow to the walls? They’re all champions to us.