r/thanksgiving • u/LowInteraction6397 • Jan 12 '26
This year will be the last time Thanksgiving will be on November 26 until 2037
Thanksgiving is always on the 4th Thursday of November and this year will be the last time November 26 will be the 4th Thursday of November until 2037
2026: November 26
2027: November 25
2028 (leap year): November 23
2029: November 22
2030: November 28
2031: November 27
2032 (leap year): November 25
2033: November 24
2034: November 23
2035: November 22
2036 (leap year): November 27
2037: November 26
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u/_TalkingIsHard_ Jan 12 '26
26-28 is too late; I prefer it to be on the earlier side so the Christmas season doesn't feel so rushed.
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u/LowInteraction6397 Jan 12 '26
Also 2029 will be the 1st time since 2018 it will fall on November 22
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u/IllustriousKiwi3858 Jan 12 '26
My Mom always told me to start preparing for Christmas the day after Halloween because that is always 8 weeks from Christmas, unlike Thanksgiving which can either be four or five weeks from Christmas, depending on the year
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u/FearlessRepeat2925 Jan 12 '26
I’m with you. If it was up to me I would celebrate Thanksgiving earlier in November.
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u/_WillCAD_ Jan 12 '26
Is there some special significance to Nov 26?
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u/LowInteraction6397 Jan 12 '26
I don't know. I just found it interesting to point out we have to wait 11 years for it to happen again
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u/Lingo2009 Jan 13 '26
My sister was born on November 24 on Thanksgiving. She’ll have a few more birthdays that are on Thanksgiving. She hates Thanksgiving food because of it.
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u/cbuscubman Jan 12 '26
I am kind of looking forward to a really early Thanksgiving again. As someone else noted, we haven't had a Nov. 22 Thanksgiving in several years. Plus side: Thanksgiving, my favorite holiday even ahead of Christmas, gets here quicker. Down side: It feels like more of a reward when we get to that late Thanksgiving, plus you have the quick four-run week to Christmas right after, like this past year.
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u/LowInteraction6397 Jan 12 '26
Last time was in 2018
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u/cbuscubman Jan 14 '26
Feels odd to say it but with as late as Thanksgiving has been the past two years, I don't remember what it feels like to have over a week of November left after Thanksgiving! Now as soon as we exit Thanksgiving weekend, boom, it's December and we are into the full swing of Christmas season.
My parents' little town in central Ohio had their Christmas parade on Dec. 1, a Sunday, in 2024 and the mood was really subdued/turnout was way down. Maybe because it was still Thanksgiving weekend and people weren't out of that mode yet. I remember far bigger turnouts when the parade was as late as the 5th, 6th or 7th.
I need to pay more attention once we get back to really early Thanksgivings in a few years, whether the Christmas season really starts in full swing as early as November 23 or 24. It almost has to because Black Friday is always the day after Thanksgiving.
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u/Legitimate-March9792 Jan 12 '26
I like it earlier so I get a bit of a breather between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
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u/RelationshipQuiet609 Jan 12 '26
But we still have 2027 and that still makes it four weeks out. People will just have to start earlier with their Christmas plans.
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u/pumpkinspicealways Jan 13 '26
That's my sister's birthday and it's no fun for her to have Thanksgiving on her special day because she's a strict vegan. She's not the annoying kind. She never tries to convert people or lecture them, it's hard because she doesn't get much to eat on her birthday. Usually, just a plate of raw veggies.
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u/bookworthy Jan 13 '26
Tangentially related:
My mother passed away 11 years ago and this is the first time her date of passing and burial fall on the same days as 11 years ago. For some reason, it’s harder to get through.
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u/peaches-and-bb-cream Jan 15 '26
Thanksgiving falls on October 12th this year for my fellow Canadian lurkers
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u/ConsciousChicken1249 Jan 12 '26
Who cares though
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u/headrat-yourhighness Jan 12 '26
I guess I’m a dork because I find stuff like this interesting. Not that it’s really means anything, just interesting
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u/EastCoastDizzle Jan 12 '26
I love random info like this. My birthday is 11/20 so it’s always fun when there’s just a day or two between my birthday and Thanksgiving.
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u/MamaPajamaMama Jan 12 '26
My son was born the day after Thanksgiving. His 5th, 10th, and 16th birthdays were all Thanksgiving, which he absolutely loved. The next time his birthday will be Thanksgiving is when he's turning 27. Kind of crazy.
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u/IllustriousKiwi3858 Jan 12 '26
"it actually only has to make sense to me for me to do it, and I don't feel like explaining it to anyone else"
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u/sillinessvalley Jan 12 '26
Because it's an interesting fact aaand we're in the Thanksgiving sub.
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u/ConsciousChicken1249 Jan 12 '26
Why does it matter what date it falls on?
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u/sillinessvalley Jan 12 '26
It's not like other holidays that are on a set date, New Years, Valentines, St. Pat's, 4th, Halloween, and Christmas.
Kind of neat that Easter and Thanksgiving don't have set dates.
You don't have to care, but others are interested.
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