![]() Perhaps for this reason, Thursday early became the favorite day for fasts and Thanksgivings. Ministers offered afternoon sermons for those with the leisure time to attend weekday religious meetings. However, Thursday was a lecture day in Boston. Friday was ruled out because it was the fast day of the Catholic Church and any day of prayer held on a Friday would have had Rome-ish overtones. Since Saturday was occupied with preparations for the Sabbath, and Monday was the day just after, these were not convenient choices. Puritans observe the Sabbath as a biblical ordinance and did not intrude their Thanksgivings upon it. ![]() The 1984 book Thanksgiving: An American Holiday, an American History by Diana Karter Appelbaum explains why the other days of the week fell out of consideration among 17th-century Bostonians:Īt first no particular day of the week was reserved for Thanksgiving, but some days thought more appropriate than others. ![]()
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