The Friday after Thanksgiving is known as Black Friday, because traditionally, by this beginning of the Christmas shopping season, retailers had entered the "black" and revenue from this point forward represented business profits.
In my opinion, Thanksgiving, being all about food, family, and football, is the near perfect holiday. About the only way it could be improved is to turn it into a true four-day weekend. The declaration of the Friday after Thanksgiving as "You're Welcomegiving Day" is an attempt to do just that.
“Sinkies" are people who occasionally dine over the kitchen sink. As Christmas shopping and Thanksgiving leftovers provide the perfect reasons to enjoy a quick meal, the day after Thanksgiving, every year, has been designated as Sinkie Day.
The day after Thanksgiving each year is also National Flossing Day. Make sure you get all that turkey out of your teeth.
President George Washington's designation of November 26, 1789, as Thanksgiving Day was the very first United States holiday by Presidential Proclamation. In 1607 on this day, John Harvard, the clergyman an scholar Harvard University would be named after was born. Peanuts creator Charles Schulz would have been 88 years old today. On this date in 1956, TV's longest running game show, "The Price Is Right" premiered.
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