2006-11-19 09:42:08 · 10 answers · asked by Nicki Lee 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Before Lincoln cemented it in the public code, Thanksgiving had been traditionally celebrated on Thursday for many many years in the US, so he was just affirming what was already being done.
2006-11-19 09:47:08 · answer #1 · answered by lightning711 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the United States, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November.
In 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared that Thanksgiving would be the next-to-last Thursday of November rather than the last. With the country still in the midst of The Great Depression, Roosevelt thought this would give merchants a longer period to sell goods before Christmas. Increasing profits and spending during this period, Roosevelt hoped, would aid bringing the country out of the Depression. At the time, it was considered inappropriate to advertise goods for Christmas until after Thanksgiving. However, Roosevelt's declaration was not mandatory; twenty-three states went along with this recommendation, and 22 did not. Other states, like Texas, could not decide and took both weeks as government holidays. Roosevelt persisted in 1940 to celebrate his "Franksgiving," as it was termed. The U.S. Congress in 1941 split the difference and established that the Thanksgiving would occur annually on the fourth Thursday of November, which was sometimes the last Thursday and sometimes the next to last. On November 26 that year President Roosevelt signed this bill into U.S. law.
2006-11-19 17:45:55 · answer #2 · answered by Carl S 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
goes like this:
so you can get drunk on wed.
wake up hungover and ready to stuff your face and you can't feel guilty about it b/c it's thanksgiving...
then you can relax your fat body while watching football all day
then most places get Friday's off for shopping yikes!
then you have super saturday for another grueling day of shopping..
then comes Sunday and it's back to the old same routine
2006-11-19 17:45:12 · answer #3 · answered by Sara S 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think that the 3rd Thurday in Nov. is the day the first Thankgiving Day was celebrated by the pilgrims and the Indians, and it has been a tradition since.
2006-11-19 17:45:18 · answer #4 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It was enacted into law over 100 years ago.
2006-11-19 17:52:39 · answer #5 · answered by Judas Rabbi 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't know...it's just always on the third Thursday of the month...that's all I know!
2006-11-19 17:44:20 · answer #6 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Easier to remember
2006-11-19 17:44:14 · answer #7 · answered by Ms. H 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
More days off.
2006-11-19 17:43:17 · answer #8 · answered by Dorkboy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's just like this!
2006-11-19 18:28:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
whoever heard of "thanksgiving tuesday"?...
2006-11-19 17:47:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋