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Thanksgiving 2025 Coverage Splits Over Origins, Faith, and Civic Meaning

This year’s stories juxtapose devotional claims of a Christian founding with historians’ portrayals of the Pilgrims as theocratic enforcers.

Why Thanksgiving Falls on the Fourth Thursday of November

Thanksgiving 2025 Revisited: Uncertain Origins, Turkey by Design, and Traditions That Endure