History of the Real First Thanksgiving (Conclusion)

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Date

Since being fixed on the fourth Thursday in November by law in 1941, the holiday in the United States can occur on any date from November 22 to 28. When it falls on November 22 or 23, it is not the last Thursday, but the penultimate Thursday in November. Regardless, it is the Thursday preceding the last Saturday of November.

Because Thanksgiving is a federal holiday, all United States government offices are closed and all employees are paid for that day. It is also a holiday for the New York Stock Exchange and most other financial markets and financial services companies.

Table of dates (1985–2029)

The date of Thanksgiving Day follows a 28-year cycle, broken only by century years that are not also a multiple of 400 (2100, 2200, 2300, 2500, ...). The cycle break is an effect of the leap year algorithm, which dictates that such years are common years as an adjustment for the calendar-season alignment that leap years provide. Past and future dates of celebration include:

Days after Thanksgiving

The day after Thanksgiving is a holiday for some companies and most schools. In the last two decades of the 20th century, it became known as Black Friday, the beginning of the Christmas shopping season and a day for chaotic, early-morning sales at major retailers that were closed on Thanksgiving. A contrasting movement known as Buy Nothing Day originated in Canada in 1992. The day after Thanksgiving is also Native American Heritage Day, a day to pay tribute to Native Americans for their many contributions to the United States.

Small Business Saturday, a movement promoting shopping at smaller local establishments, takes place on the last Saturday in November, two days after Thanksgiving. Cyber Monday is a nickname given to the Monday following Thanksgiving; the day evolved in the early days of the Internet, when consumers returning to work took advantage of their employers' broadband Internet connections to do online shopping and retailers began offering sales to meet the demand. Giving Tuesday takes place on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving.

Literature

· "A Hymn of Thanksgiving" sheet music cover – November 26, 1899.

Poetry

· "Thanksgiving" (1909), by Florence Earle Coates.

· "Over the River and Through the Wood" (1844), by Lydia Maria Child

· "Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 1986", by William S. Burroughs in Tornado Alley.

Music

· "A Hymn of Thanksgiving" (1899), composed and written by Fanny J. Crosby and Ira D. Sankey.

· "Alice's Restaurant", a song by Arlo Guthrie on his 1967 album Alice's Restaurant, based on a true incident in his life that began on Thanksgiving Day, 1965.

· "Bless This House" (1927), a song composed and written by May Brahe and Helen Taylor.

· "Come, Ye Thankful People, Come" (1844), an English hymn written by Henry Alford.

· "For the Beauty of the Earth" (1864), an English hymn written by Folliott Sandford Pierpoint.

· "Hold My Mule" by Shirley Caesar (c.1980), later remixed as "You Name It" ("U Name It")

· "Now Thank We All Our God" (c.1636), a hymn of German origin written by Martin Rinkart.

· "Simple Gifts" (1848), a Shaker hymn attributed to Joseph Brackett.

· "Thanksgiving", a song by George Winston on his album December (1982).

"The Thanksgiving Song", a song by Adam Sandler on his album They're All Gonna Laugh at You! (1994).

· "Thanksgiving Day Parade", a song by Dan Bern on his album New American Language (2001).

· "Thanksgiving Day", a song by Ray Davies on his album Other People's Lives (2006).

· "We Gather Together" (1597), a hymn of Dutch origin written by Adrianus Valerius.

· "We Plough the Fields and Scatter" (1782), a hymn of German origin written by Matthias Claudius.