November 23 - Day After Thanksgiving

Posted on November 23, 2018

(Friday after Thanksgiving)

In the United States, Thanksgiving Day is often celebrated by family get-togethers and feasting. 

So...the NEXT day...this day-off-of-school /  work should be a day of rest, right? A time to eat left-overs and recover from all the cooking and eating and cleaning the day before. 

But there are a TON of "holidays" that fall on the Friday after Thanksgiving. Here are some choices:

You're Welcoming Day: a day to remind us to say "you're welcome" or similar words to any and all who thank us. Here are some variants:

No problem.

Any time.

That's okay!

Don't mention it.

No worries.

It's nothing.

With pleasure.

It's my pleasure.

Anything for you!

Happy to help.

Black Friday: a day when many brave crowded stores and

long lines in order to score great deals on Christmas gifts.

Buy Nothing Day: a day of protest against the consumer orientation of Christmas and, really, society in general. So no grocery store, no Christmas shopping, no buying anything at all. (In some countries, Buy Nothing Day is celebrated on the last Saturday in November.)

Sinkie Day (or The Sink Day): some people - apparently - eat Thanksgiving leftovers over the sink. Ummm...I don't recommend this!

Flossing Day: flossing is of course important EVERY day, but this is a day to learn the hows and whys of flossing.

Fur-Free Friday

National Day of Listening: launched by StoryCorps, a non-profit organization. The goal of StoryCorps is to have Americans of all beliefs and backgrounds record, preserve, and share the stories of their lives. Here is a DIY guide to participating.

National Native American Heritage Day

Maize Day

Also on this date:

National Eat a Cranberry Day  

Dr. Who Day

Labor Thanksgiving Day in Japan

Anniversary of the discovery of 

fossils in Antarctica

Fibonacci Day

Anniversary of the introduction of the jukebox

U.S. President Pierce's Birthday

Plan ahead:

Check out my Pinterest boards for:

• November holidays
• November birthdays
• Historical anniversaries in November

And here are my Pinterest boards for:

• December holidays 
• December birthdays
• Historical anniversaries in December
  
  
  

November 25, 2011 - Evacuation Day

Celebrate the end of the Revolutionary War! The last troops of British “Redcoats” left America on this day in 1783, boarding a fleet of ships and sailing away. The last shot of the war, a cannonball shot from the departing ships at the jeering crowds, fell well short of the shore.

The British flag still flew in Battery Park, at the southern tip of Manhattan, as it was nailed to the top of a greased flagpole. Several men tried to tear down the flag, called the Union Jack, but could not reach it; so people cut and nailed wooden cleats to the pole, and a veteran named John Van Arsdale used a ladder to get to the top of the pole, remove the flag, and replace it with the American Stars and Stripes. He managed to do this while the British fleet was still in sight!

With the American flag flying, the signal was given to George Washington that Manhattan was ready for the victory march, and Washington led the Continental Army down Broadway to the Battery.

For more than a century, this event was celebrated by a reenactment – with a competition to see who could get up the greased pole to tear down the Union Jack! However, once Thanksgiving Day was proclaimed by Abraham Lincoln, Evacuation Day subsided in importance.

Since it is the day after Thanksgiving, today is also...

You're Welcoming Day

             A day to say “you're welcome” to all the people who thanked you the day before...

Black Friday

             A day to spend money while trying to save money, buying gifts at the store...