In 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt moved the Thanksgiving holiday to the next to last Thursday of November, one week earlier than its traditional observance. This change was intended to help boost the economy by providing an extra seven days for Christmas shopping.
Franksgiving
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franksgiving
12 Comments
brown567@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 260d
Worst strategic fumble of the War on Christmas
👏Appeasment👏never👏works
protist@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 260d
RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com · -14 pts · 260d
I'm glad he had polio.
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 260d
dude...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polio
RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com · -11 pts · 260d
A worthy punishment for giving christmas ground in the war.
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 260d
No
RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com · -5 pts · 260d
Yes.
Macallan@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 260d
Christmas Sucks. I hate it. Too corporate.
protist@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 260d
You might recall that in 1939 the US was still trying to climb out of the Great Depression
RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com · -4 pts · 260d
You might recall that in 2002 Paul W.S. Anderson made history by making the first good movie based on a videogame.
Zorque@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 260d
Super Mario Bros. came out in 1993, what do you mean?
RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com · -1 pts · 260d