[Jim W N]

...and BYW for those of you who don’t know, Abe Lincoln set the day of Thanksgiving, and he wasn’t really very religious.

BTW, does anyone know why they moved Thanksgiving Day from the third Thursday of the month to the fourth Thursday?

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

FDR moved it to the third Thursday so there would be another week for shopping.

No one liked it. So finally in response to public pressure Franksgiving was tossed onto the ash heap of history where it belonged.

[Tell It Right]

BTW, does anyone know why they moved Thanksgiving Day from the third Thursday of the month to the fourth Thursday?

IIRC, it used to be on the last Thursday, which sometimes meant the 5th Thursday. And during the Great Depression, in a year that November had 5 Thursdays, the retailers begged it be moved to 4th Thursday to give them an extra week of Christmas shopping and maybe make a profit that year.

[Zack Attack]

“BTW, does anyone know why they moved Thanksgiving Day from the third Thursday of the month to the fourth Thursday?”

To give people more recovery time after Halloween and stores more time to sell off Halloween inventories.

[Organic Panic]

“BTW, does anyone know why they moved Thanksgiving Day from the third Thursday of the month to the fourth Thursday?”

Just another friendly reminder that government controls EVERYTHING. Even the time (see Daylight Savings Time)