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* The voyage of the Pilgrims, their first years of inhabitance in the New World, and the First Thanksgiving are often the subject of Thanksgiving themed Specials and short films.

One of the most notable examples is the episode " The Mayflower voyagers " of the 1988 mini-series This is America, Charlie Brown, which ABC has often aired on Thanksgiving Day ( except in 2006 and 2007 ) along with A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving.

However Thanksgiving would not become established as a national holiday until 1863 when President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed that it would be celebrated on the final Thursday in November.

However, even then it did not become a federal holiday until 1941 by an act of legislation by the U. S. Congress.