Franksgiving
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franksgiving-295-1192041
title:
Franksgiving
text:
In 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt moved the Thanksgiving holiday one week earlier than normal, believing that doing so would help bolster retail sales during one of the final years of the Great Depression. This led to much upheaval and protest, causing some to deride the holiday as Franksgiving. The term Franksgiving, a portmanteau of Franklin and Thanksgiving, was coined by Atlantic City mayor Charles D. White in 1939. In 1941, Congress compromised by fixing Thanksgiving on the fourth Th
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Derisive term for a 1939 policy of US President Franklin D. Roosevelt
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franksgiving
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2024-04-09T16:54:02Z
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