Thanksgiving Owes Its Existence To The 19th Century's Biggest Social Media Influencer

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History Unplugged

History, Society & Culture

4.2 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Thanksgiving today is now a commercially driven holiday with Black Friday following closely at its heels, celebrated with a department store parade, football, and at one point in time, masked costumes. But the holiday originally came into existence...

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