TikTokers Spark Debate Over Thanksgiving Mandela Effect

While there seems to be many Mandela Effects circulating at any given time, there’s one that’s popped up because of the upcoming holiday.

Many TikTokers have taken to the social media app to discuss how they always remembered Thanksgiving being celebrated on the third Thursday of November. The problem – this year, it’s being celebrated on the fourth.

A TikToker who goes by @AuntieMatrix on the app, shared another content creator’s video about remembering Thanksgiving always being celebrated on the third Thursday of November.

“I feel so validated,” she said. “Because the other day, I was thinking about Thanksgiving plans and I was like, what is happening? Why is Thanksgiving in the last week. It’s always the third Thursday of the month.”

She then asked if this was just something that’s happening “because of some weird planetary time changes” or “is this like a weird Mandela Effect?”

Auntie Matrix then asked if viewers remember the same thing that she does, that Thanksgiving was always the third Thursday in November.

The video received more than 1.2 million views and nearly 14,000 comments. Many people agreed with the creator that they remember it being the third Thursday of the month.

“Yes! I questioned remembering it was always around November 23-24,” one person wrote in the comment section. Another said, “It was definitely the 3rd Thursday. This is the biggest evidence of the Mandela Effect. I quit. I’m done.”

One other viewer shared, “Worked as a waitress and worked on Thanksgiving for years. It was always the third Thursday of the month…I swear we’ve jumped into a different timeline.”

Another person threw their logic into the mix by saying, “Every five years November has 5 Fridays. That’s why it feels weird.”

TikTok content creator, @glowinganswers, called out a few other Thanksgiving Mandela Effects and the debates about them filled the comment section.

“Buckle up, because there are three new Thanksgiving Mandela Effects. If you’re from my original timeline, then you remember Thanksgiving always, always, always was on the third Thursday,” she said. “I’ve checked this. Now it’s showing that is altered to be the fourth Thursday in November.”

Another Mandela Effect she brought attention to is that pilgrims used to always be shown wearing a buckle on their hats, but now, that’s not the case.

“Now the buckles from all the artworks are missing and I am an art history student,” she continued. “Third, the cornucopia, such as from Fruit of the Loom, not only have disappeared from Fruit of the Loom, but they’ve disappeared from all of the notable artworks of that time period.”

Many viewers shared that they also remember Thanksgiving always being on the third Thursday of the month.

“I keep ALL my calendars! It’s been the 3rd Thursday!!!” one person wrote. Another added, “I’m a 3rd Thursday believer. I’m 60 yrs old, and it’s always been the third Thurs.”

A few said they remember it a different way.

“Ya well I’m in my 40’s and it’s always been the last Thursday of November my whole life,” one person wrote. Another said, “It’s been the last Thursday of November my whole life, I know this because it falls on my brother’s birthday some years.”

One viewer brought up the pilgrim’s hat buckle mystery.

“As a child we colored cartoon turkeys with buckles on the hat,” they shared.

Another person wrote about the cornucopia disappearing. “I went down a deep rabbit hole on how the cornucopia disappeared. I think it’s a psyop… who knows it might be CERN? But one thing I know for certain is it’s not always a false memories,” they shared.

A quick search on TikTok for “Thanksgiving Mandela Effect” proves that there are many people confused about when Thanksgiving should fall – on the third or fourth Thursday in November.

TikToker Megan Besler, who Auntie Matrix stitched, shared a few videos talking about this year’s Thanksgiving timing.

“So, I just got to thinking here while I was doing some journaling, is this like a Mandela Effect or what is happening?” she asked. “Because hadn’t in the past, Thanksgiving always been the third Thursday of the month?”

She wanted to know if she “was crazy” and how “Black Friday is basically not even in November this year.”

One viewer shared, “THANK YOU! I was asking my mother this exact question, and she was like no, the 4th Thursday. Um excuse me since when?” Another said, “I was always told it’s the last Thursday. You must have joined from a different reality than me. Welcome! lol.”

And so the debate lives on! What do you remember – has Thanksgiving always been on the third Thursday of November or the fourth?