Make your grocery lists and finalize your plans: Thanksgiving is getting closer.

This year, Thanksgiving is nearly the latest it can possibly be, giving you extra time to menu prep . (For those keeping track, 2024 was the absolutely latest Thanksgiving can be, falling on Nov. 28.)

Here's what to know about when the annual day to give thanks falls this year.

When is Thanksgiving 2024?

This year, Thanksgiving is on Thursday, Nov. 27.

Why is Thanksgiving so late this year?

Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday in November, determined by an act of Congress in 1941.

Prior to that, the date of Thanksgiving was a bit of a political football.

The first "Day of Publick Thanksgiving" was on Thursday, Nov. 26, 1789. For decades after that, the date and even the month of Thanksgiving

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