Why does the Christmas season follow directly after Thanksgiving?
I think it is a little bit strange that the day after we give thanks for all that we have, the day after our most contented day is the day we all rush about with our heads cut off in serious need of more, more, MORE!
I think some person in authority... who?... I don't know who. Quite possibly the astronomer Royal, should move the Thanksgiving holiday to a time where we really are thankful for everything we have, everything we have recently gotten. Sometime in between Christmas and Easter makes much more sence than just prior to the greatest shopping day of the year.
p.s. Does anyone else besides me remember that the Clauses would pray half-way through a meal just to be sure they WERE thankful?
2 comments:
The reason of course for traditional Thanksgiving is giving thanks to God for his blessings of harvest and, I would image, preparing for the winter ahead. I think you should consider why the day after Thanksgiving is such a mad rush... is that really the Christmas spirit? I think Thanksgiving (aside from the gorging) is nearer to what the holiday is meant to be than Christmas which has turned in to a holiday (and I use the term loosely) centered around, as you've said, getting more stuff (more more MORE).
i was, of course, speaking satirically
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