2. FRANKSGIVING
富兰克林感恩节
From 1939 to 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt moved Thanksgiving up by a week. In 1939, Thanksgiving, traditionally held on the last Thursday of November, fell on the 30th. Since enough people would wait until after Thanksgiving to start their Christmas shopping, Roosevelt was concerned that having the holiday so late in the month would mess up retail sales at a time when he was trying hard to pull Americans out of the Great Depression.
1939年至1941年期间,美国总统富兰克林•D•罗斯福将感恩节提前了一个星期。感恩节的传统日子是11月最后一个星期四,1939年的这一天正好是11月30日。罗斯福当时正在努力让美国走出经济大萧条,由于人们通常会等到感恩节之后才开始为圣诞节采购,他担心这么晚过感恩节会让零售业陷入困境。
It didn't entirely go over well though—some states observed FDR's change, and others celebrated what was being called the "Republican" Thanksgiving on the traditional, last-Thursday date. Today, we've basically split the difference—Thanksgiving is held on the fourth Thursday of November, regardless of whether that's the last Thursday of the month or not.
不过,罗斯福的举措并没有完全见效,一些州遵从了他的改变,而另一些人则依然按照传统,在11月的最后一个星期四庆祝所谓的“共和党感恩节”。现在,我们一般采取折中办法,在11月的第四个星期四庆祝感恩节,不管这一天是不是11月的最后一个星期四。
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