(NEXSTAR) — Halloween has come and gone, which may have you looking toward your calendar to find out how soon the next major holiday, Thanksgiving, will arrive.

If November 27 feels incredibly far off, you aren't wrong. This is the second-latest date that Thanksgiving can happen. We saw the latest possible Thanksgiving in 2024 when it landed on November 28.

The earliest we can celebrate Thanksgiving is November 22, an occurrence we haven't seen since 2018 and will not see until 2029.

Why does Thanksgiving move around so much, you may be asking?

Like Memorial Day, Labor Day, and the biannual changing of the clocks, Thanksgiving really doesn't move around — it's the dates of the calendar that are changing.

The U.S. has been celebrating Thanksgiving since 1789, when President George Wash

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