When is Thanksgiving Day 2026?

Thanksgiving Day is set by weekday rather than by date, so it lands on a different day of the month each year — Thu, Nov 26 in 2026, 1 days earlier than 2025.

Thanksgiving Day 2026 falls on a Thursday, so on its own it is a single day off rather than a long weekend. Taking Friday Fri, Nov 27 as leave would join it to the weekend and make 4 days in a row.

This is the part that changes: the date of Thanksgiving Day moves by a day or two each year, and whether that makes a three-day weekend, a four-day one or nothing at all depends entirely on which weekday it lands on.

Which dates fall near Thanksgiving Day changes every year, because the calendars move against each other.