Of course if like us you have American friends and bloggers they have been getting ready for Thanksgiving Day which is tomorrow, Thursday 25th November, … for our blogging friends in Canada they have already celebrated theirs!
As Covid is still a world-wide issue holiday celebrations for many of us may still be different this year but we can all do our best to have a healthy holiday season.
"Thanksgiving is an unusual holiday because it doesn’t always fall on the same day of the year. But unlike Halloween and Christmas the holiday always falls on the same day of the week, Thursday.
While this may make planning around the holiday easier every year, many people don’t seem to know why the holiday is scheduled this way.
This year, Thanksgiving will fall on Nov. 25, which is the fourth Thursday of the month. This has been the way that the date for the holiday has been determined since 1941. Before this, the holiday was traditionally held on the last Thursday of November.
In 1939, however, the last Thursday of the month was also the last day of the month. President Roosevelt was concerned that this would hurt shorten the Christmas shopping season, so he issued a proclamation that Thanksgiving would occur on the second to last Thursday of November instead.
This was a controversial decision, and in 1941, the House and Senate passed a resolution saying that Thanksgiving would occur on the fourth Thursday of November. This would thereby maintain the Christmas shopping season during years when November had five Thursdays.
This may answer why the holiday is scheduled the way that it is, but it doesn’t explain why Thursday was chosen instead of another day of the week.
The reason for this is a bit unclear. Going back to the earliest days of the tradition.
Historians believe that Thursday was chosen because it was one of the more convenient days of the week to have an annual feast. For the early Puritan settlers, Sunday was the Sabbath. It’s likely that the early days of giving thanks were purposely scheduled not to interfere with the Sabbath. Also, Fridays were commonly days of fasting, making them inconvenient feast days for many people.
Since ministers would often give lectures on Thursdays in the New England area, Thursday seemingly became a convenient day for Thanksgiving. As the years went by, it became a tradition. By the time George Washington issued a proclamation for a day of Thanksgiving, Thursday had already been associated with feasts of that nature."
Words above from article here
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Wishing all our readers who may be celebrating Thanksgiving a Happy Day
Good luck and good health to you all
Jan and Eddie
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https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/when-thanksgiving-2021-why-on-thursdays
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Thank you so much for this lovely post and your Thanksgiving greeting Jan and Eddie. It is very much appreciated :)
An interesting history of American Thanksgiving.
Thanks for this information on the US Thanksgiving, I didn't even realize it came on a Thursday.
We are going to have to do things differently here.
Thanks! It's dinner at Bob Evans restaurant for me this year.
En mi país no se celebra pero siempre creo que hay dar las gracias . Me gusto conocer mas sobre esa fecha. Te mando un beso
I know you may not celebrate Thanksgiving, but I want to say thanks for the wishes.
Giving thanks strikes me as a wonderful, wonderful reason to celebrate.
What a wonderful, informative post. Thank you! Have a happy holiday!
We call it a moveable feast, referring to how it is on different dates, not the same date every year.
Interesting reading as the 25th day of November will pass we don't give a thought to Thanksgiving because it doesn't effect us. However, it's a reminder to all of us that's it's a special day for many.
I enjoyed this interesting history of American Thanksgiving.
Happy Wednesday!
Thanks for the very informative post! Have a great day! Valerie
An interesting post. I enjoy hearing how these traditions and celebrations came about.
Thank you, a great post on Thanksgiving.
Take care, have a happy day!
Leave it to the Brit to share the TG story and teach us things we didn't know! (Like "why Thursday?") Thanks for that! I have to say, I really wish US Thanksgiving was more like Canadian and in mid-October when the harvest is at its peak (and it's a bit further from Christmas). But it is a nice holiday. We will celebrate with friends, then go visit the grands tomorrow.
I am hoping for a very simple day with no hiccups...this post was chock full of good info.
TC
I never did know why we had it on a Thursday, I did hear about why they changed it to the fourth Thursday of the month, gotta make that dollar!
Interesting post.
Well now I know, thanks so much for the info! We are on holiday this week, so hi from North Devon! Take care and have a great week, Sue xx
Hope all our American friends have a good one :-D
30th is St Andrews Day up here and my little one starts nursery on that day too!
What a nice post about Thanksgiving. Thank you so much!!
A lot of our Yankee neighbours will be quite stuffed tomorrow.
The Christmas shopping season is a reason to put Thanksgiving on a special day?!
It´s all about money... sad.
How interesting! Lots of new information there.xxx
Happy Thanksgiving.
i like thanksgiving...a food day with no pressure of anything else. now we prepare for christmas, i have most of my shopping done and the house is decorated!! it was nice to have my youngest son home, he helped!!
Espero que todos lo hayan pasado muy bien. Besos.
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