— only in florida, perhaps, there's a man and his family whose thanksgiving tradition is to toss their turkey into a pool. A big, frozen turkey needs to start thawing days. Thawing out the turkey in their backyard swimming pool. 27, 2020 at 2:18 am pst. Webmark o’donnell and his family found an unusual way to defrost their thanksgiving turkey and it has become an annual tradition. “we thaw our turkey in the. Webwhile plenty of folks have their own way of preparing turkey, mark o’donnell says thawing his bird in the pool has been a thanksgiving tradition for a generation. Webmark o’donnell and his family found an unusual way to defrost their thanksgiving turkey and it has become an annual tradition. “we thaw our turkey in the. Webmark o’donnell and his family found an unusual way to defrost their thanksgiving turkey and it has become an annual tradition. “we thaw our turkey in the.