The people didn't know when to celebrate Thanksgiving. In 1941, Congress passed a law that said Thanksgiving Day would be celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. The law said that Thanksgiving was a national holiday and could never be moved again. Today, Thanksgiving Day celebrations are a mixture of Pilgrim traditions, Native American traditions and new ones. People eat turkey, pumpkin pie and cranberries and gather together to give thanks.
People also have big parades and watch football games.
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