A typical Thanksgiving meal cost is thankfully less than last year

Americans can expect a typical Thanksgiving meal to cost less this year than it did last year.

Lower frozen turkey prices leads to an overall 5% decline in the cost of a typical Thanksgiving meal this year.

This article has been updated with new information.

This Thanksgiving, Americans can give thanks for lower costs when preparing the annual holiday meal.

For the third year in a row, costs are down for many of the typical ingredients that go into putting together a traditional Thanksgiving meal, according to an annual survey released Wednesday morning.

Providing a snapshot of this year’s average meal cost, as they have for decades, is the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 40th annual Thanksgiving dinner survey.

Each year since 1986, the American Farm Bureau Federation has been anal