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18. Calories don’t count on Thanksgiving. 19. Clear eyes, full stomachs, can’t move. 20. Gobble ‘til you wobble. 21. No fowl play allowed. 22. Feast Mode
Freedom from Want, also known as The Thanksgiving Picture or I'll Be Home for Christmas, is the third of the Four Freedoms series of four oil paintings by American artist Norman Rockwell. The works were inspired by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt 's 1941 State of the Union Address, known as Four Freedoms .
In August 1939, in the midst of the Great Depression, Fred Lazarus Jr., head of Federated Department Stores, (which would later become Macy's), lobbied President Franklin D. Roosevelt to move Thanksgiving a week earlier, to the second to last Thursday of November instead of the last Thursday of November, in order to make the Christmas shopping season last longer.
Thanksgiving ( French: l'Action de grâce ), occurring on the second Monday in October, is an annual Canadian holiday to give thanks at the close of the harvest season. Although the original act of Parliament references God and the holiday is celebrated in churches, the holiday is mostly celebrated in a secular manner.
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Thanksgiving (United States) Thanksgiving is a federal holiday in the United States celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. [ 2] It is sometimes called American Thanksgiving (outside the United States) to distinguish it from the Canadian holiday of the same name and related celebrations in other regions.
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National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation. The National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation is a ceremony that takes place at the White House every year shortly before Thanksgiving. The president of the United States is presented with a live domestic turkey by the National Turkey Federation (NTF), usually males of the Broad Breasted White variety.