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  2. Thanksgiving - Wikipedia

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    Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated on various dates in October and November in the United States, Canada, Saint Lucia, Liberia, and unofficially in countries like Brazil, Germany and the Philippines. It is also observed in the Dutch town of Leiden and the Australian territory of Norfolk Island.

  3. Thanksgiving (United States) - Wikipedia

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    It originated as a day of thanksgiving and harvest festival, ... The date of Thanksgiving Day follows a 28-year cycle, ... 2009: 2008: 2018: 2017: 2016: 2015: 2014 ...

  4. NFL on Thanksgiving Day - Wikipedia

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    The NFL Thanksgiving logo used for 2016; the year is updated annually, with the new NFL shield being used for the first time in 2008. Since its inception in 1920, the National Football League (NFL) has played games on Thanksgiving Day, patterned upon the historic playing of college football games on and around the holiday.

  5. What Thanksgiving Looked Like the Decade You Were Born - AOL

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    The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade featured a 35-foot long tiger balloon and a 60-foot long fish balloon. Thank goodness balloons don't look this terrifying anymore!

  6. 10 Thanksgiving traditions and where they come from - AOL

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    The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is one of the most beloved Thanksgiving traditions. The annual event has taken place in New York City since 1924, filled with live musical performances, giant ...

  7. What Is the Meaning of Thanksgiving and Why Do We ... - AOL

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    Sarah Josepha Hale wrote a letter to President Abraham Lincoln on September 28, 1863, requesting the last Thursday in November to be a day of Thanksgiving announced to the whole country. In ...

  8. Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade - Wikipedia

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    The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is an annual parade in New York City presented by the U.S.-based department store chain Macy's.The Parade first took place in 1924, [2]: 9 tying it for the second-oldest Thanksgiving parade in the United States with America's Thanksgiving Parade in Detroit (with both parades being four years younger than Philadelphia's Thanksgiving Day Parade).

  9. Thanksgiving dinner - Wikipedia

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    The centerpiece of contemporary Thanksgiving in the United States is Thanksgiving dinner (informally called turkey dinner), a large meal generally centered on a large roasted turkey. Thanksgiving could be considered the largest eating event in the United States as measured by retail sales of food and beverages [1] and by estimates of individual ...