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Thanksgiving decorations and memorabilia are not be as popular as Halloween or Christmas, but collectors can find figurines of turkeys, Pilgrims, Indians and cornucopias in ceramic, glass, pottery, paper and wood, as well as platters, dishes, turkey-shaped bowls, salt and pepper shakers, candy containers, postcards and textiles. Advertising and product labels, as well as boxes and cans that show Thanksgiving are also collectible.
Look at house sales and resale shops for large turkeys for the center of the table by Napco, National Potteries Corporation of Bedford, Ohio, a major distributor of inexpensive holiday wares from Japan in the 1950s and 60s. They used four different marks, all using the company name. Other importers also made holiday items overseas, moving to different countries as labor costs changed in Taiwan.
George Washington first proclaimed a “Day of Public Thanksgiving” to be observed on November 28, 1782, the last Thursday of November. In 1939, President Franklin Roosevelt changed it to the fourth Thursday (there were five Thursdays in November that year) to expand the Christmas shopping season and help bring the country out of the Depression. On Dec. 26, 1941, he made it official by signing a bill setting the fourth Thursday in November as the date for the Thanksgiving Day observance by federal law.