
The reason Thanksgiving is always on a Thursday isn't plainly obvious
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Thanksgiving is not associated with a certain date, but rather a certain day of the week. Thanksgiving always falls on a Thursday and has since the start of the holiday.
Thanksgiving, however, always falls on the same day of the week, but the date varies. Ashlyn Messier is a writer for Fox News Digital.
Thanksgiving has been this way since 1941. Before this, the holiday was traditionally held on the last Thursday of each November.
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