Thanksgiving Day in the United States in the year 2020 was on Thursday, November 26th. Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November each year. For context, in 2025, Thanksgiving will fall on Thursday, November 27th. This holiday is traditionally a time to give thanks and spend time with family and friends over a large feast. It originated as a harvest festival and was fixed by law to be on the fourth Thursday of November starting in 1941. So, for the year 2020 specifically, Thanksgiving was on November 26th.