The 2-2-5-5 schedule on Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving 2026 falls on a Thursday: how the 2-2-5-5 schedule splits the nights between homes, week by week of its cycle, and common ways to share the day.
Thanksgiving under the 2-2-5-5 schedule
| Year and day | If it falls in week 1 of the cycle | If it falls in week 2 of the cycle |
|---|---|---|
| 2026: Thursday Nov 26 | Home A 2, Home B 2 of 4 nights | Home A 0, Home B 4 of 4 nights |
| 2027: Thursday Nov 25 | Home A 2, Home B 2 of 4 nights | Home A 0, Home B 4 of 4 nights |
| 2028: Thursday Nov 23 | Home A 2, Home B 2 of 4 nights | Home A 0, Home B 4 of 4 nights |
| 2029: Thursday Nov 22 | Home A 2, Home B 2 of 4 nights | Home A 0, Home B 4 of 4 nights |
Thanksgiving is the fourth Thursday of November. Which week of the two-week cycle the day falls in depends on where your cycle started, so both are shown. Nights counted: Wednesday after school to Sunday evening (Wed, Nov 25, 2026 to Sun, Nov 29, 2026).
Common ways to share it
- Alternate the whole break every year, Wednesday after school to Sunday evening
- Split the day: one home for lunch, the other for dinner
- Thursday at one home and Friday to Sunday at the other, swapping each year
- Keep it with the regular schedule and add a second celebration on the other weekend
The 2-2-5-5 schedule at a glance
- Cycle
- Each home has the same two weekdays every week; weekends alternate into five-day blocks.
- Usual split
- 50/50
- Nights a year
- Home A 183, Home B 182
- Changeovers every two weeks
- 4
In TaskFamily, Thanksgiving becomes an exception that overrides the usual two-homes schedule for those days, so both homes and the children see where they will be. Swap requests need the other parent's approval and go into the record.
Free for one household. The Co-parent plan covers both homes for $19 a month - $9.50 each when two parents split it.
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Nights are worked out from the schedule's own cycle and the holiday date rules. This is general information, not legal advice: your parenting plan or court order decides. The guide text is drafted with AI from these numbers and checked automatically before it is published.