Thanksgiving Day 2008

November 2008 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 All Saints Day Saturday November 1 -16 years -22 days or -5866 days 2 Daylight Saving End Sunday November 2 -16 years -21 days or -5865 days 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Veterans Day Tuesday November 11 -16 years -12 days or -5856 days 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Thanksgiving Thursday November 27 -15 years, -11 months, -26 days or -5840 days 28 29 30

Thanksgiving Day for the year 2008 is celebrated/ observed on Thursday, November 27th.

Thanksgiving Day in the United States is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November each year. Traditionally it is a time to give thanks for all the sacrifice and hard work done for the harvest. In modern times people take time off work (4 day weekend starting Thursday) and spend time with family and friends over a large feast held on Thanksgiving Day.

Thanksgiving in the early days of the United States was celebrated on a variety of dates and eventually Abraham Lincoln in 1863 with help from Sarah Josepha Hale [1] decided Thanksgiving should be on the final Thursday in November. Later, Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the day into law [2] making the day officially celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November.

Thanksgiving around the world

In Canada, they celebrate Thanksgiving on the second Monday of October. Liberia celebrates the day on the first Thursday of November and Saint Lucia the first Monday in October and finally Grenada celebrates on October 25th each year.

Days to Thanksgiving 2008

Thursday, November 27th is day number 332 of the 2008 calendar year with -15 years, -11 months, -26 days until Thanksgiving Day 2008.

Further Reading:
More Details on Wikipedia Thanksgiving
Encyclopedia Britannica on Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Day

References:
1.”Thanksgiving – Sarah Josepha Hale” - Time, Time.com.
2.”Congress Establishes Thanksgiving” - National Archives, Archives.gov.