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When is Thanksgiving

Each year in America Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday of November. Most years this is the last Thursday in November, but in some years there are five Thursdays in November, and then Thanksgiving falls on the second to last Thursday.

Here are the dates of Thanksgiving Thursday from 2009 through 2013.

Thanksgiving 2009: Thursday, November 26
Thanksgiving 2010: Thursday, November 25
Thanksgiving 2011: Thursday, November 24
Thanksgiving 2012: Thursday, November 22
Thanksgiving 2013: Thursday, November 28