>>>"[Thanksgiving] is a producers’ holiday. The lavish meal is a symbol of the fact that abundant consumption is the result and reward of production." - Ayn Rand
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>>>While I agree with her, I'll add it's a chance to watch 3 NFL games and drink Guinness and fall asleep on the couch while snoring at record decibel levels :)
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>>Have you noticed that Black Friday now starts on Thanksgiving day instead of the Friday after? I guess the day after Thanksgiving is cutting it too close for buying Christmas presents.
>And the number of people saying they'll go out shopping on Thanksgiving day is down 10% according to a graph I saw.
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>Part of the 'problem' is that the holiday shopping season is 6 days shorter than usual due to T-day hitting on the last Thursday of November, instead of the next to last Thursday.

Perhaps you can buy more time by choosing to celebrate Christmas based on the older Julian calendar?