DigiNepal · festivals
Thanksgiving (United States) (Thanksgiving). Region: United States (Canada celebrates in October). Tradition: Secular and national. Calendar: Fourth Thursday of November. Dates: United States 2026: Thursday 26 November 2026 [official, source US]; United States 2027: Thursday 25 November 2027 [official, source US]; United States 2028: Thursday 23 November 2028 [official, source US]. History and significance: American Thanksgiving traces its origins to a 1621 harvest feast shared by the Plymouth colonists and the Wampanoag people. Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national Thanksgiving in 1863 and in 1941 Congress fixed it on the fourth Thursday of November. It is a day of family gatherings and gratitude. Key rituals and foods: Family dinner, parades, football games; foods include roast turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie. Date basis: official = matches a government gazetted holiday list; computed = calculated from the calendar system (tithi astronomy with skyfield and JPL DE421, Hijri Umm al-Qura, Chinese, Korean and Hebrew calendar libraries, or the fixed rule); expected = Umm al-Qura projection pending moon sighting. Sources: Wikipedia and Wikidata (CC BY-SA, CC0) and government holiday lists, summarised in our own words.