If you consider the holiday season to begin on Thanksgiving Day, then you may be disappointed to know that 2024 will have a short holiday season this year.
The American holiday is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November to celebrate the harvest festival Pilgrims originally celebrated in 1621.
Since the fourth Tuesday changes each year, the number of days between Thanksgiving and Christmas changes each year.
When Thanksgiving falls on the 28th, it leaves the fewest possible days before Christmas with only 27 days. The last time it fell on Nov. 28 was in 2019.
When Thanksgiving falls on its earliest date, Nov. 22, you gain an extra six days; nearly an extra week of holiday festivities.
The gap between the holidays alternates between six years, five years, or 11 years, depending on leap year cycles, and the longest 33 days.
So, make your holiday plans now, before it's too late.
