Poll: Fewer turkey naps on Thursday

(AP) - Eating turkey might make you sleepy, but most Americans are not napping on Thanksgiving, according to a recent survey. Instead, they are sleeping in the next morning and eluding Black Friday discounts.

The telephone poll of 1,001 Americans found that 71 percent stay awake on the holiday despite turkey's legendary soporific power while, curiously, more than half said they know someone who isn't able to.

Contrary to popular thinking, it's not the turkey's fault that people tend to feel drowsy after the holiday meal. There is an amino acid in turkey that induces fatigue, but experts say it really just results from a combination of eating and drinking too much.

Meanwhile, seven in 10 surveyed said they do not shop the next day. For those who do, 67 percent woke up before 8 a.m., while 42 percent climb out of bed before 6 a.m. and 12 percent rise before 4 a.m. to hit the stores.

The telephone poll was conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs on behalf of bedding products Web site SleepBetter.org between Nov. 5 and Nov. 8. The survey has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.