Who is to blame for cheaper Thanksgiving dinner yet rising costs of living? Neither side, apparently

Thanksgiving dinner prices will be lower this year, even though the overall cost of living in the United States rose in 2025.

According to the American Farm Bureau Federation, this year Americans will see a “moderate decline” in prices for their annual Thanksgiving dinners — but the cost of living in the U.S. has risen about 3% over the last year.

The two statistics have left each political party pointing fingers about what costs Americans will see this holiday season.

Thanksgiving staples drop in price

This year marked the 40th year that the group has surveyed the prices of Thanksgiving dinner items to find the average cost Americans will pay. The federation uses volunteer shoppers in all 50 states to survey the prices in the first week of November.

They found that this year, a dinne