In my experience, Thanksgiving isn't any of those things you
mentioned, Michael. It probably also has to do with you celebrating
in October, which is much farther from Christmas.
Thanksgiving for us is the big meal with extended family, and the long
weekend usually means there's time for some get-togethers with
friends. I've never heard of people giving cards or gifts for
Thanksgiving.
The shopping thing is the day after Thanksgiving, and in the last few
decades businesses have really started hyping it up and having big
sales, but it has less to do with Thanksgiving and more to do with the
start of the Christmas holiday season... it's really just a way to
jumpstart sales and getting people in a present-buying mentality since
the time between Thanksgiving and Christmas is usually when retailers
save their bottom line for the year.
Or maybe that was a rhetorical question.
Would anyone like to offer an explanation of why U.S. Thanksgiving
is a shopping extravaganza of such epic proportions?
I mean, we have Thanksgiving here in October, but we really just
have the turkey dinner. No gifts, cards, shopping, etc.
I don't really understand the connection.
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