Thanksgiving Day commemorates the settling of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, Massachusetts, and the success of their first harvest. It was clear after this harvest - and the large meal that followed - that it would be possible to survive in this new world. Since then, Thanksgiving has become a day to remember the things in life that people are thankful for.
George Washington made Thanksgiving an official American holiday in 1789, but the date was not standardized until Abraham Lincoln passed the law in 1863.
Because it's a national holiday.
The day after thanksgiving is THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING!
Australia does not have a Thanksgiving day.
Thanksgiving Day is celebrated in the USA.
The New York Thanksgiving Day Parade is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Yes, Thanksgiving Eve is always the day before Thanksgiving. It is on the fourth Wednesday of November.
no fedex does not deliver from any of its departments on thanksgiving but the day after it does.
Macy's sponsors the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade every Thanksgiving Day.
Thanksgiving was November 25, 2009.
They are closed on thanksgiving, but you can order a thanksgiving meal the day before thanksgiving from them.
Canadian Thanksgiving is celebrated on a different day from the one America uses as its Thanksgiving Day.
No. Thanksgiving is a US holiday. It is not relevant to Australian history or culture.
Thanksgiving Day is celebrated in the USA.