Is Thanksgiving Day legislated as the last thur. in Nov. or the fourth thur. in nov.?
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Thanksgiving is the fourth Thursday of November and has been since 1942. See the link below for more details.
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By an act of Congress,that is both houses vote on it.  The president can declare a national holiday for a one time period, but to make it so, it must go to the Congress for approval.
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November 20 according to a article on wikipedia
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thanksgiving\nblue\nCSI\nSaturday\nChocolate
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if christmas is your left leg and Thanksgiving is your right! How bout we spend some time in between the Holidays!
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I don't believe the Philippines could celebrate a "Thanksgiving" like the US.  If I remember correctly, Thanksgiving is a declared Holiday to commemorate the feast and celebration between the early pilgrims or explorers of North America and the native Indians that were originally here.  It wouldn't make sense for the Philippines to copy that Holiday as well unless there was ever a similar feast or celebration recorded in Philippines history.
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Right after Thanksgiving
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Thanksgiving is the fourth Thursday in November.  While Thanksgiving itself is a single day, the holiday always includes the following Friday, making for a four-day weekend.  \n\nThe holiday originated, according to legend, with the settlers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1620s.  Their first winter was terribly hard, and they suffered greatly due to ignorance of the climate, soil and local growing and hunting conditions.  According to the myth, they made friends with the local native American tribes, who taught them how to recognize local fruits, vegetables and game, including pumpkins, maize, cranberries, and turkey.\n\nAt the end of the next harvest, the colonists proclaimed a great feast of thanksgiving and honored the native American tribes that had helped them survive the previous winter.  It is still celebrated as a day to give thanks for the good things that have happened during the preceding year.\n\nIn practice, Thanksgiving is a huge feast including a number of foods native to North America -- roast turkey, pumpkin pie, cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes, and others.  This feast is always eaten on Thursday, though the leftovers can last, depending on the size of the household, for weeks.  \n\nIn recent years, Thanksgiving has also marked the start, in earnest, of the Christmas merchandising season.  The Macy's department store has, since the 1930s, sponsored a Thanksgiving Day parade in New York, with large inflated characters interspersed among marching bands and civic groups.  The Friday after Thanksgiving has become known as "Black Friday" and is typically the single largest retail sales day in the United States.  \n\nIn reaction to what many people see as the overcommercialization of this holiday (not to mention modern life in general), recent years have seen a growth in Buy Nothing Day, a movement to reverse the hype and mania for rabid consumption that Thanksgiving has come to represent (particularly in its "gateway holiday" role as the opening of the Christmas bacchanalia).  Originating in Canada, Buy Nothing day has come to signify a "detox" from the incessant drone of marketing, merchandising and status.  \n\nSpeaking of Canada, there is also a Thanksgiving in Canada, but it's celebrated on the second Monday in October, making for a three-day weekend.  Both the Canadian and the US Thanksgiving days are believed to be derived from the British Harvest Festivals, held at the end of summer since ancient times.\n\nYou can read more in the Wikipedia article I posted below, and also in the Adbusters Web site on Buy Nothing Day.
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Thanksgiving is tradition, thankfulness, and family.\n\nReligious households see Thanksgiving Day as an expression of faith and thankfulness to God at the end of the harvest season. \n\nThanksgiving is a time to gather with your family and or friends and spend the day together.  \nPeople catch up on what's been happening in the lives of their children, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and more.\n \nThanksgiving is a holiday for giving thanks, spending time with loved ones and indulging in delicious food that most people only eat once or twice a year.
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yeah it has to be at least the day after thanksgiving
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All things Christmasy should be done AFTER Thanksgiving. Decorations, cards etc. Anytime before is too soon.
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Have you tried contacting your state legislator, state senator, Congressperson, or Senators? They have people in their office devoted to help their constituents. I recommend calling their offices Monday morning since it is the day before Thanksgiving. Good luck!
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Most colleges give the entire week of Thanksgiving off, although some junior/community colleges only give Thanksgiving Thursday and Friday off.  Fall semesters usally begin in late August/early September, and end just before Christmas.  Spring semesters begin late January/early February, and end in late May.  Hope this helps!
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House  November 17, 1993\nSenate November 20, 1993
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I like your picture, avatar, thing\n\noh and about Thanksgiving, its on the 30 of December by the way. many people think its on the 23 of Novemeber, but they are wrong.\n\nseriously though, its on the 23, though Canadians have a 3-4 day weekend (either sat-mon or fri-mon)
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This year it is November 23
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there are two thanksgivings in the americas.  canada celebrates theirs in october & we, in the usa celebrate ours on the third thursday of each november.  the friday following thanksgiving is almost as famous, known as 'black friday'.  it's the shopping day of the year but that's another story.  the origin of thanksgiving goes back to the very early 1600s when the english colonists came to america with the barest of necessities and had to make it through a very harsh, cold winter.  if it wasn't for the help of the native americans, the narragansett (i believe), the settlers would've died. the natives  supplied the yams, wild turkeys, corn & showed to the settlers not only the native foods to eat but how to prepare them.  a giant feast was held with native americans & colonists in attendance.  it was a splendid  beginning but alas, not to last.  sad to say but within 20 years, both sides were at war.  the colonists came to america with the idea of land ownership & the natives couldn't understand that.  land, to them, was something to share.  anyway, you asked & that's the real story.  i personally feel of all the american holidays, thanksgiving is the greatest.  it still signifies sharing, friends, food & giving.  nothing is really asked of you except to come to the table & give of yourself without asking for anything back. neat, eh?