# What's going on the day after Thanksgiving? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 21, 2002, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-the-day-after-thanksgiving/137958 "2002-11-21T15:53:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![skittles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@skittles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skittles)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-the-day-after-thanksgiving/137958/21 "2002-11-21T17:14:50Z")
Trust me, I am NOT looking forward to shopping on that day. I’ve done most of my shopping on line so far. The Mr. wants to be out shopping that day - go figure! I’ll probably only last but an hour before I want to kill someone. I hate malls, and crowds - so this will be a true test! ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-the-day-after-thanksgiving/137958/22 "2002-11-21T17:14:59Z")
I’m having [major, life-changing surgery](http://fathom.org/opalcat/wls.html) 🙂 Other than that, nothing much. ---
**Author:** ![CRorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CRorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CRorex)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-the-day-after-thanksgiving/137958/23 "2002-11-21T17:32:06Z")
The day after thanksgiving is a holiday for me. So I’ll be going into the lab 😕 Nothing like a nice relaxing day working with HIV (I’ve not been doing much lab work lately) _grrrrrrr_ On the plus side I got invited to someone’s thanksgiving party 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-the-day-after-thanksgiving/137958/24 "2002-11-21T19:10:48Z")
Hey **Opal** , if you aren’t gonna finish that stuffing, pass it on over. 😉 Seriously, do you have to refrain from eating for 24 hours? Would make for a kinda surreal - yet memorable Thanksgiving. Best of luck, and congrats on identifying and taking the desired action. ---
**Author:** ![mlerose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@mlerose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlerose)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-the-day-after-thanksgiving/137958/25 "2002-11-21T19:27:39Z")
I’m buying nothing, because it’s Buy Nothing Day! You can find information about it [here](http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/bnd/) Happy Buy Nothing Day! ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-the-day-after-thanksgiving/137958/26 "2002-11-21T19:44:28Z")
Yes I can’t eat for 24 hours, and nothing–even liquids–after midnight. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-the-day-after-thanksgiving/137958/27 "2002-11-21T20:10:38Z")
Thanksgiving in Merka is always the fourth Thursday in November. I have Friday as a holiday. I plan on emptying the dishwasher, (10 people at my house for Thanksgiving Dinner :eek: ) having a lot of snuggles with the bf, eating leftovers, (love leftover turkey, dressing, gravy and cranberry sauce. Yum!) and having a lot more snuggles with the bf. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-the-day-after-thanksgiving/137958/28 "2002-11-21T20:13:07Z")
Exercising, getting new tires, and going to a college hockey tournament. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-the-day-after-thanksgiving/137958/29 "2002-11-21T22:10:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by garius \* > \*\*What date is thanksgiving on? (speaking as a foreigner i’ve always wondered) \*\* More technically, **garius** , Thanksgiving in the US is always on the 4th Thursday in November. Canada has a Thanksgiving too. I think it was established by the second boatload of pilgrims who got lost on the way across the pond. ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-the-day-after-thanksgiving/137958/30 "2002-11-21T22:22:49Z")
Well, my side of the family is celebrating on Saturday, so everyone can coordinate their schedules (and go visit in-laws on Thursday, rather than everyone rushing all about town to get in all their visiting). So, Friday will be my food prep day: brining the turkey, chopping all the veggies, making pie dough, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Genseric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Genseric](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genseric)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-the-day-after-thanksgiving/137958/31 "2002-11-21T22:38:56Z")
My girlfriend is flying in from Las Vegas on Thanksgiving day. I have to work that Friday, but we’ll find some time to do some stuff. Not gonna tell ya what, though. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-the-day-after-thanksgiving/137958/32 "2002-11-21T22:39:30Z")
I’ll be in New Orleans, hopefully having dinner with some dopers. ---
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-the-day-after-thanksgiving/137958/33 "2002-11-21T22:51:40Z")
I’ve always wondered how people in the US cope with having the Halloween thing, the Thanksgiving thing, and the Christmas thing one after the other. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-the-day-after-thanksgiving/137958/34 "2002-11-21T23:44:31Z")
reprise, we go broke and gain tons of weight! don’t forget the new year’s thing as well. ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-the-day-after-thanksgiving/137958/35 "2002-11-21T23:52:14Z")
The day after Thanksgiving is my wedding anniversary. Still got no concrete plans. The kids will be with my dad. We might go to a movie, or we might clean our flooded basement. _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-the-day-after-thanksgiving/137958/36 "2002-11-21T23:52:38Z")
Someone mentioned earlier in the thread that Thanksgiving is a “floating” holiday (ie, not held on the same date each year). If it isn’t tied to a specific date, why is it being held on a Thursday, rather than a Friday or Monday? ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-the-day-after-thanksgiving/137958/37 "2002-11-21T23:57:04Z")
Virgin sacrifices, water turning to blood, and Dubya gaining 60 IQ points so he can finally have a 102 IQ. ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-the-day-after-thanksgiving/137958/38 "2002-11-21T23:58:35Z")
Picking up a friend from the hospital. Then the Auto Show! All the new 2003 cars, plus concept cars. ---
**Author:** ![Lorenzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4da419/32.png) [@Lorenzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorenzo)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-the-day-after-thanksgiving/137958/39 "2002-11-22T00:48:10Z")
Workin’ ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-the-day-after-thanksgiving/137958/40 "2002-11-22T01:07:28Z")
I’m going to be at a mall at 6 am for a couple of items. I hope to be home by 8. Then depending on the weather, about 40 strings of lights will go up. I usually finish well after dark. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-the-day-after-thanksgiving/137958.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-the-day-after-thanksgiving/137958.md?page=3)