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Thanksgiving as we know it today was started by George Washington, and made a federal holiday by Abraham Lincoln, and later moved to the last Thursday of November by FDR
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Other countries that celebrate Thanksgiving include: Germany - they celebrate the Harvest Thanksgiving Festival in early October; Grenada - they celebrate Thanksgiving Day on October 25th; Korea - they celebrate Korean Thanksgiving Day in late September or early October; Japan - they celebrate Labor Thanksgiving on November 23rd; Liberia - they celebrate Thanksgiving on the first Thursday of November; and Norfolk Island celebrates Thanksgiving on the last Wednesday of November.
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In the 1930's FDR moved Thanksgiving to the second-to-last Thursday in November (today) to increase Christmas shopping. Everyone hated the idea and the day became known as Franksgiving.
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In 1863, Abraham Lincoln declared the last Thursday in November to be the national day for Thanksgiving.
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Franksgiving" was coined in 1939 after FDR divided the country by moving Thanksgiving to the next to last Thursday in November as an attempt to boost retail sales. He reversed the decision in 1941 after half the country refused to celebrate it.
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In 1941 Federated Department Store Inc. (now known as Macy's), convinced Congress and FDR that changing Thanksgiving from the last Thursday in November to the fourth Thursday would extend the Christmas shopping season and boost the economy. Congress agreed, creating Black Friday.
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In 1939, President Roosevelt moved Thanksgiving from the last Thursday of November, to the fourth Thursday. Since Lincoln set the original date, Republicans were furious, calling the last Thursday "Republican Thanksgiving" and the fourth Thursday "Franksgiving" or "Democratic Thanksgiving"
