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Monday, November 05, 2007

WTF-What Happened to Thanksgiving?

WTF??? What happened to Thanksgiving?
Seriously. Since Halloween had barely occurred & stores were already rearranging their Spooky displays into small corners to make way for the Christmas shit to come out! I mean come on! What happened to Thanksgiving? I used to work retail for years and I know that commercialism was pushing certain holidays more then others, but to basically negate Turkey day all together???? Even before Halloween was celebrated I saw stores like Sears & Lowe's bringing out & setting up their fake Xmas trees & lawn decorations. Um folks-let's celebrate Halloween & Thanksgiving first please?
I know Halloween has become more of an adult holiday & party thing & that's OK I guess, it was bound to happen. I mean hell, I grew up so it had to age alongside of me right? But to basically disregard a holiday like Thanksgiving & to go straight into Christmas? Before all of my N/A friends jump my shit- I don't celebrate Thanksgiving like most here in the US do. My family celebrates it like Canadians do- a chance to see family & break bread together. I do NOT see it as the whole pilgrims & natives bs broo ha-ha. Heck, I wouldn't mind if we celebrated Thanksgiving in October like the Canadian side of my family does. It would make more sense to me that way. Especially since corporate commercial America just blows right on by it any way it can to get our $$$ in it's pockets by bludgeoning our kids every day with commercials for the hottest must-haves that will be forgotten in a week's time for the newest toys of the New Year.
Don;t believe me? Come to our house less then a week after Christmas-my stepson is already forgotten about the shit he begged for/demanded throughout the previous 3 months & on to new wants & needs. Sigh. I can remember helping my husband clean out that kid's room 2 years ago & finding unopened Christmas gifts that he had gotten the prior year from his grandparents that had not been played with or looked at since the evening we got home from celebrating with his family. These items were dumped into the back of his closet & promptly forgotten. Hell, we could have been sneaky & just re gifted them to the kid come Christmas & I don't think he would have been any the wiser for it.
Just My Opinion mind you.

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Comments on "WTF-What Happened to Thanksgiving?"

 

Blogger Mia said ... (4:09 PM) : 

Ohhh man I HATE that! It makes me nuts the way christmas is being pushed earlier and earlier. Eventually they'll set up the displays in July.

 

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