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Thanksgiving is a federal holiday in the United States celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November (which became the uniform date country-wide in 1941). [2] [3] Outside the United States, it is sometimes called American Thanksgiving to distinguish it from the Canadian holiday of the same name and related celebrations in other regions.
The double Thanksgiving continued for two more years, and then on December 26, 1941, Roosevelt signed a joint resolution of Congress changing the official national Thanksgiving Day to the fourth Thursday in November starting in 1942 (there are usually four but sometimes five Thursdays in November, depending on the year). [35]
The 4th Thursday. As 1941 ended, Roosevelt signed a bill officially making Thanksgiving Day the fourth Thursday of November, regardless if it is the last or the second-to-last Thursday of the ...
Thanksgiving is on Nov. 28 this year, which is the latest it ever can be. Because the holiday is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of the month, it’s locked in between Nov. 22 and Nov. 28.
The last Thursday in November 1939 fell on the last day of the month. President Franklin D. Roosevelt moved that year's Thanksgiving to the second-to-last Thursday of November to allow for a ...
Roughly two in seven last Thursdays of November are the fifth Thursday of that month; in 1939, the fourth (but second to last) Thursday had been named in the presidential proclamation, in place of that year's fifth (and last) Thursday. The second and third of the then non-traditional Thanksgivings remain outliers.
It has been held on the fourth Thursday in November since 1941, which means the actual date of the holiday shifts every year. Thanksgiving will be on Thursday, Nov. 28.
When is Thanksgiving 2024? Thursday, Nov. 28 is the date of this year's Thanksgiving. By an act of Congress, Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday of November every year.