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Thanksgiving (United States) Thanksgiving is a federal holiday in the United States celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. [ 2] It is sometimes called American Thanksgiving (outside the United States) to distinguish it from the Canadian holiday of the same name and related celebrations in other regions.
Thanksgiving Day football games in the United States are nearly as old as the game—and the organized holiday—themselves. The first Thanksgiving Day football game took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Thanksgiving Day of 1869, less than two weeks after Rutgers defeated Princeton in New Brunswick, New Jersey in what is widely recognized as the first intercollegiate football game in the ...
The NFL Thanksgiving logo used for 2016; the year is updated annually, with the new NFL shield being used for the first time in 2008. Since its inception in 1920, the National Football League (NFL) has played games on Thanksgiving Day, patterned upon the historic playing of college football games on and around the holiday.
Dallas Cowboys wide receiver CeeDee Lamb (88) celebrates with quarterback Dak Prescott (4) after an NFL football game against the New York Giants, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023, in Arlington, TX.
In 2023, Thanksgiving Day is on Thursday, November 23. Last year, Thanksgiving was on November 24 and in 2024, it'll be a bit later than usual, landing on November 28. So heads up shoppers: Next ...
According to AAA, 49.13 million Americans plan to drive to their Thanksgiving destination in 2023 with another 4.69 million traveling by airplane. Data shows Wednesday, Nov. 22 to be the busiest ...
Thanksgiving ( French: l'Action de grâce ), occurring on the second Monday in October, is an annual Canadian holiday to give thanks at the close of the harvest season. Although the original act of Parliament references God and the holiday is celebrated in churches, the holiday is mostly celebrated in a secular manner.
Nov. 22—The popular belief is that Thanksgiving was introduced the America by the Pilgrims and Puritans in the 1620s, but the idea of a fall celebration wasn't new to the Americas. While it wasn ...