Thread:Merrystar/@comment-26257354-20171110010945/@comment-11001-20171115042803

Thanksgiving is always on a Thursday in the United States, but it is on a different date every year (November 23rd this year, but November 22nd next year for example). The episodes list the first *date* that the episode aired, not the first day.

If you say that something aired on Thanksgiving in 1980, the person would have to go look up what date that actually was that year (and would also have to recognize that you meant Thanksgiving in the United States and not, for example, Canada).

Christmas is on December 25th every year for everybody, regardless of where they live. So that holiday name gives the reader the date without them having to go look it up elsewhere.