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He changed it from the LAST Thursday to the fourth Thursday in 1939. That really upset a lot of publishers who already had calendars printed showing Thanksgiving on November 30. Retailers were happy because they got an extra week for Christmas sales. From 1863 when Lincoln declared the first National Thanksgiving Day, it was not a national holiday until declared by the President each year. But it had always been the Last Thursday in November. In 1940 and 1941 Roosevelt also declared Thanksgiving on the second-to-last Thursday (I didn't save those calendars, but I think that would have made it on the 21st and 20th). Then in December of 1941 Congress passed legislation setting the date to be the fourth Thursday for all future years.
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∙ 12y agoTo stimulate the economy. Roosevelt was the President during the harder times of the depression. He made it the third Thursday of November to make Christmas shopping one week longer.
what did president Franklin d roosvelt do for thanksgiving
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∙ 13y agoAt the time an official day for Thanksgiving was declared by Roosevelt, it was considered a bad practice for retailers to display items for Christmas sales before Thanksgiving, which at the time was traditionally observed on the last Thursday of November.
As Roosevelt was president during World War 2, with an economy that at the time wasn't as strong as he had hoped, he felt that the economy would be boosted by celebrating the holiday earlier, therefore allowing retailers to display their Christmas items sooner, and increase retail sales.
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∙ 11y agoHe tried to move the date of Thanksgiving back one week in order to extend the Christmas shopping season to spur spending during the Great Depression.
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∙ 13y agoWhy did Franklin Roosevelt change the date of Thanksgiving? I would like to find more information about Franklin Roosevelt the true about the history. And who found out about Thanksgiving.
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∙ 11y agoIt was to increase the shopping season. He thought it would increase profits for businesses.
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∙ 12y agoto extend Christmas shopping
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