I think leave the name alone. It is a day of giving thanks and being with friends and family. I know so many people who consider Thanksgiving their favorite holiday, and now some people want to change it? Is it even about the pilgrims and the Indians still? It’s a secular American holiday that brings people together.
I’d like to get rid of the Black Friday part of the weekend. Maybe with online shopping Black Friday shopping is changing too.
If we moved Thanksgiving to another month we wouldn’t have such a crazy retail frenzy maybe. I can see a lot of reasons to move it to a different part of the year or at minimum earlier in November. 2nd weekend in November sounds good to me. More likely to have milder weather. Spreads out the Christmas shopping season a little more. You wouldn’t be having a huge turkey meal twice within 30 days, it would be more like 6 weeks. If Thanksgiving was moved to another month, like late September, early October, or early February, then it would also space out major holidays to be with family. Thanksgiving and Christmas seem to be the biggies for most people.