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Thanksgiving Day: 87% [20] 97%: Traditionally celebrates the giving of thanks for the autumn harvest. Traditionally includes the sharing of a turkey dinner. December 25 (fixed) Christmas Day: 90–95% [21] [22] 94%: The most widely celebrated holiday of the Christian year, Christmas is observed as a commemoration of the birth of Jesus of Nazareth.
Thanksgiving, along with 11 other days each year, is an official federal holiday in the U.S., but the designation does little to guarantee time off or extra pay for private sector workers.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 January 2025. Holidays in the United States of America For other uses, see Public holidays in the United States (disambiguation). Public holidays in the United States Public • Paid • Federal • Observance • School • Hallmark Observed by Federal government State governments Local governments ...
On the day before this holiday, the stock market trading session ends three hours early. September 1–7 (1st Monday) Labor Day: 1894 Honors and recognizes the American labor movement. Over half of Americans celebrate Labor Day as the unofficial end of summer. [25] Roughly 40% of employers require some employees to work on the holiday. [26]
Best Buy will be closed on Thanksgiving Day. Among department stores, Macy’s, Kohl’s and Nordstrom will be closed. A woman walks past a CVS Pharmacy in Washington, DC, on November 2, 2022.
Texas refused to celebrate the U.S. Thanksgiving. But Texans refused to go along. November has five Thursdays this year. That’s how it was in 1944, 1945, 1950, 1951 and 1956.
“Staying closed for the first time on Thanksgiving Day 2020 helped us take care of our team and guests during the pandemic,” wrote Target CEO Brian Cornell in a Nov. 8 message to his troops.
November 11: Veterans Day [17] November 15: National Philanthropy Day [18] [19] November 15: America Recycles Day; 4th Thursday in November: Thanksgiving Day [20] Friday after Thanksgiving: Native American Heritage Day [21] December 1: World AIDS Day; December 3: International Day of Persons with Disabilities [22] December 7: National Pearl ...