Thanksgiving, a harvest festival, used to be celbrated at different times of the years in many states because separate areas have different harvest time. During the Great Depression Franklin Roosevelt chose to set Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday in November to offically start the Christmas shopping season.
Thanksgiving, a harvest festival, used to be celbrated at different times of the years in many states because separate areas have different harvest time. During the Great Depression Franklin Roosevelt chose to set Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday in November to offically start the Christmas shopping season.