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How many days until Thanksgiving?
Thanksgiving falls on ….
Counted in your own time zone, —.
US Thanksgiving is the fourth Thursday in November, so it moves between the 22nd and the 28th. The counter above works out the right date for the current year.
A weekday, not a date
Thanksgiving is defined by which Thursday it is rather than by a number on the calendar, which is why the date shifts by up to a week each year. Fixing it to the fourth Thursday was signed into law in 1941, after two years of confusion caused by moving it earlier to lengthen the shopping season — a decision that tells you most of what you need to know about the week that follows it.
The countdown that matters is the travel one
More people travel for Thanksgiving than for any other American holiday, and the useful deadline is nowhere near the Thursday. Flights are priced properly in August and painfully by October; the Wednesday before is consistently the worst driving day of the year. If you are counting to Thanksgiving, the date you actually need is six to twelve weeks earlier.
Everything else hangs off it
Black Friday is the next day, Cyber Monday the Monday after, and the whole retail calendar is anchored to a Thursday that moves. Canadian Thanksgiving is unrelated and lands on the second Monday in October, so a countdown built for one is wrong for the other.
Questions
What date is Thanksgiving?
The fourth Thursday in November, so it falls between the 22nd and the 28th depending on the year.
Is Canadian Thanksgiving the same day?
No. Canada marks it on the second Monday in October, six weeks earlier.
How many days until Thanksgiving?
The counter above computes the correct date for this year and counts to it in real time.