The Green Bay Packers have not been a consistent presence on your television screens for your Thanksgiving schedule for a while now, unfortunately exposing you to the likes of the Dallas Cowboys, Washington Professional Football Team, and the Detroit Lions, among others, on a regular basis.
But their history on Turkey Day very much involves the Lions, as they have consistently faced their NFC North divisional counterparts whenever they have played on that holiday. With that in mind, take a look at some interesting Thanksgiving Day moments from the past that involve both Green Bay and Detroit.
National Television brings about the end of a streak
On Thanksgiving Day 1956, the Packers and Lions faced off in the first-ever football game to be nationally televised, as CBS took the coverage for that game in a ground-breaking move.