Thank you for visiting the page and welcome to SaveThanksgiving.net!  Our number one goal is to remind people what Thanksgiving is supposed to be all about and take back the holiday, returning it to the proud tradition of spending time with friends and family.

The fourth Thursday of every November in the US should be celebrated as it was meant to be – as a day to give thanks for all of your respected blessings from the past year, no matter what religion, race, etc. you may be.  It is a day for family, fun, and relaxation.  It is NOT supposed  to be a day for running out of the house to go shopping and leaving your family … we do that enough these days, don’t we?  Do we really need an eight hour start on our Christmas / Hanukkah shopping?  Can we just enjoy one day without endless distractions and having to run around one hundred miles a minute?

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Thanksgiving Facts and Figures

1. Benjamin Franklin wanted the turkey to be the national bird of the United States.
2. Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national day in 1863.
3. The first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade was held in 1924.
4. Congress to passed a law on December 26, 1941, ensuring that all Americans would celebrate a unified Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday of November every year.
5. The state of Minnesota raised the most number of turkey in 2012 (46 million!) and is expected to lead the US again in 2013.
6. The Detroit Lions have played a Thanksgiving football game every year since 1934.  The Dallas Cowboys have played every year since 1966.
7. Aside from the US and Canada, several other countries hold observances similar to Thanksgiving, including; Germany, Japan, The Netherlands, Grenada, and Liberia.

For more Thanksgiving Day facts and information, check out the Thanksgiving Fun page!

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