Thanksgiving (United States) 2027

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About Thanksgiving (United States)

Thanksgiving Day in the United States is the fourth Thursday of November, so it always falls between 22 and 28 November. A 1941 law fixed it on that Thursday; before then the date was set each year by presidential proclamation. It is one of the eleven federal holidays listed in 5 U.S.C. 6103, the law that sets the holidays for federal employees.

Because it is always a Thursday, Thanksgiving never moves to an observed day. The Friday after Thanksgiving is not a federal holiday, although many employers give it as a day off. For anyone who works that Friday, taking it as a day of leave turns Thanksgiving into a four-day weekend from Thursday to Sunday, which is the most common leave day of the American autumn.

Federal holidays apply to federal employees and set the closing days of federal offices and of many banks. Private employers are not required to give them as paid days off, so a private-sector calendar can differ from the federal one. This site counts the federal list for the United States.

Sources

• https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/federal-holidays/
• https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2023-title5/html/USCODE-2023-title5-partIII-subpartE-chap61-subchapI-sec6103.htm
• https://www.dol.gov/general/topic/workhours/holidays