Florida family thaws their Thanksgiving turkey in the pool

Posted: December 1, 2020 at 11:09 am

A Florida family’s Thanksgiving turkey tradition is making a big splash online.

Mark O’Donnell of Clearwater, Florida, recently posted a Facebook Live video of his family’s annual tradition, which includes throwing their frozen turkey into the swimming pool to thaw out.

In the video, O’Donnell tosses the 16-pound bird into the pool, before saying, “Yes, folks, we thaw our turkey in the pool. That’s how you do it when you live in Florida, right?”

O’Donnell also says in the video that they usually leave the turkey in the pool for one day before taking it out.

Credit:  Mark O’Donnell via Facebook