2007-09-17 12:59:35 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Thanksgiving
Thursday November 22, 2007
2007-09-17 13:16:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. (not the third as others have said)
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.
It will be observed on Thursday, November 22 this year
2007-09-21 10:41:48 · answer #2 · answered by The Corinthian 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thursday, November 22, 2007
2007-09-17 13:33:28 · answer #3 · answered by TABYS 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This year it is Nov. 22 but it is always the 3rd Thursday in Nov. so it will fall on different dates.
2007-09-19 13:43:20 · answer #4 · answered by Arrica H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
3rd thursday of november
2007-09-17 13:07:52 · answer #5 · answered by God 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
November 22nd. if you ask me, its the coolest holiday of the year.
2007-09-18 12:12:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋