Jennifer Garner, Reese Witherspoon and more share what they eat at Thanksgiving - from cocktails to cookies

Traditional Thanksgiving food including turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, cranberry sauce and gravy, often followed up with pumpkin pie.

Big names share foods and drinks they enjoy over the festive period, including some less traditional offerings.

Reese Witherspoon shared a video where she called her mum to ask what she needed for a Thanksgiving dinner for 15 guests.

In the lighthearted video her mum responded she needed four pies, 10 to 15lb of turkey and asked Reese to ditch the salad.

Jennifer Lopez shared a clip of her making a Berry punch using her alcoholic cocktail brand Delola.

Jennifer Garner also gave a glimpse into her festivities.

She posted a video on social media as she shared a recipe for cookies that she likes to make over the holiday period.

Other famous faces shared snaps from their gatherings with family and friends.

Priyanka Chopra Jonas was seen at a gathering with celebrities including Kelly Ripa.

A post shared on Instagram said: "Now that was a good night!

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While everyone has different traditions, around nine out of 10 Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving, research shows.

Why do people eat turkey at Thanksgiving?

The tradition could be linked to Europe, according to Professor Ken Albala.

"In the 16th and 17th centuries, the sensibility was that very large dark meat animals were difficult to digest, were not very elegant and they were things peasants ate," he told CBS News.

"If you look at elegant tables for that entire century, there's things like peacocks and capons and chickens and very light meat," he said.