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| User Name | Thread Name | Subject | Posted |
| beeliner | American Thanksgiving Day (11) | RE: American Thanksgiving Day | 23 Nov 10 |
It's not widely known nor remembered, but Thanksgiving was, for a time, celebrated a week earlier in order to stimulate pre-holiday spending in the years after the great depression. Some called the earlier date "Frank's Giving", after FDR. | |||