Americans are used to spending a lot at Thanksgiving – feeding a crowd doesn’t come cheap, after all.
But one New York restaurant has created a feast that could make you want to run away screaming when it comes to paying the bill.
Dubbed the most expensive Thanksgiving dinner in history, the $35,000 (£22,300) feast for four - that's a staggering $8,750 (£5,500) a head – is being offered by the Old Homestead Steakhouse.
It lasts nine courses, beginning with foie-gras stuffed squab marinated in a bottle of Courvoisier L'Esprit Cognac.
The star of the show is organic turkey dressed with imported ground Japanese Wagyu beef, which is renowned for its flavour and succulence, and gravy made with a wine, Château Mouton Rothschil, that costs $1,750 (£1,100) a bottle.
Sides include sweet potatoes topped with Royal Osetra caviar and black-truffle infused butternut squash, while dessert features bourbon-soaked pears littered with – what else? - real 24-carat gold flakes.
On top of the decadent menu, partaking guests will be given four grandstand seats at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade; a $6,000 (£3,800) gift card to Bloomingdale's; and dancing lessons at Fred Astaire dance studios to learn the Turkey Trot, a dance that was popular in the early twentieth century.
The restaurant's co-owner Marc Sherry told the New York Daily News: “'Let's face it, Thanksgiving dinner is boring, basic, and frankly, unimaginative. We're taking all of the traditional holiday fare — the turkey, gravy, stuffing, pumpkin pie — to a creative level never seen before. It's turkey dinner with attitude and personality.
"We know it's over-the-top expensive, but Thanksgiving comes once a year."
So far, apparently one group of four has signed up for the feast.
One thing is for certain: if you decide to splash out on the meal, we wouldn't reccommend wearing tight jeans.
