Thanksgiving Day 2016

November 2016 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 All Saints Day Tuesday November 1 -7 years, -11 months, -29 days or -2920 days 2 3 4 5 6 Daylight Saving End Sunday November 6 -7 years, -11 months, -24 days or -2915 days 7 8 9 10 11 Veterans Day Friday November 11 -7 years, -11 months, -19 days or -2910 days 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Thanksgiving Thursday November 24 -7 years, -11 months, -6 days or -2897 days 25 26 27 28 29 30

Thanksgiving Day for the year 2016 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 2016

Thursday, November 24th is day number 329 of the 2016 calendar year with -7 years, -11 months, -6 days until Thanksgiving Day 2016.

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.