Thanksgiving Day 2011

November 2011 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 All Saints Day Tuesday November 1 -13 years -20 days or -4769 days 2 3 4 5 6 Daylight Saving End Sunday November 6 -13 years -15 days or -4764 days 7 8 9 10 11 Veterans Day Friday November 11 -13 years -10 days or -4759 days 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Thanksgiving Thursday November 24 -12 years, -11 months, -27 days or -4746 days 25 26 27 28 29 30

Thanksgiving Day for the year 2011 is celebrated/ observed on Thursday, November 24th.

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 2011

Thursday, November 24th is day number 328 of the 2011 calendar year with -12 years, -11 months, -27 days until Thanksgiving Day 2011.

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.