Thanksgiving (United States)
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Thanksgiving is a federal holiday in the United States celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. The earliest Thanksgiving can occur is November 22; the latest is November 28. Outside the United
Thanksgiving at Plymouth, oil on canvas, by Jennie Augusta Brownscombe, 1925
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Shrine of the first U.S. Thanksgiving in 1619 at Berkeley Plantation in Charles City County, Virginia
The Puritan by Augustus St. Gaudens, 1904. The "buckle hat" atop the sculpture's head, now associated with the Pilgrims in pop culture, was fictional; Pilgrims never wore such an item, nor has any such hat ever existed as a serious piece of apparel.
Black Friday (shopping)
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Black Friday is the Friday after Thanksgiving in the United States. It traditionally marks the start of the Christmas shopping season and is the busiest shopping day of the year in the United States.
Thanksgiving (United States)
…in parades and American football games. Thanksgiving is also typically regarded as the beginning of the holiday shopping season, with the day after, Black Friday, often considered to be the busiest retail shopping day of the year in the United States. Cyber Monday, the online equivalent, is held on the Monday…
Shoppers rushing into a Target store as it opens on Black Friday, 2013
Black Thursday, Walmart
Large discounts at a store in Catalonia during Black Friday
Interior of a Target store on Black Friday