WTF Happened to Thanksgiving?

[N2NH]

While in Midtown today, I dropped into Macy*s as I headed to an appointment. I walked into the main floor and was confronted with enough Christmas decorations to cover Pennsylvania. On November 9th. Weeks before Thanksgiving. I stopped and my mouth must've hit the floor. I looked around and I noticed I wasn't alone. A woman from Seattle had the same expression on her face. I said, "Looks like we skipped Thanksgiving this year." She agreed amiably.

Look I know the economy is in shambles, but this is ludicrous. I've been seeing Christmas decorations since last Friday and Christmas carols for about as long. I know they're rushing the season because money is tight. But doesn't it reek of desperation not to mention rampant commercialism to start Christmas a few days after Halloween? I mean, if there's a sign that prices are going to be tumbling, this is it. The earlier they start, the more desperate they appear.

Let's give thanks before we fleece the populace of the paltry pittance that's left to them after the Bush economic disaster. It's the Christ-mass thing to do.

[kc7jty]

Whatever works.

[NQ6U]

It's those damned Canadians. They hijacked our good American Thanksgiving and moved it to October. You missed it entirely.

[WØTKX]

[KA5PIU]

Hello.

http://www.christmasyearround.net/
Failing that and you feel that the Christ inChristmas is a bit mas there is,
http://xmasfun.com/
But as far as "Showing love with money" florists are always complaining about people who say they loves someone so much but spend under $50 or so.
How the hell much is a flower supposed to cost?
And what is this crap about an arrangement? here is 1 (one) flower, arrange, mofo!

[W2NAP]

they cant make any real money off of thanksgiving, as you dont spend for decorations and gifts so its hard to commercialize the holiday like they have everything else.

IMO fuck Christmas and every other holiday.

btw, seen the 1st xmas tress out here last week of sept.

[kc7jty]

IMO fuck Christmas and every other holiday.

and with these words you have become a man after my own heart.

[W3MIV]

The Home Depot I use here has been filled to overflowing with Christmas bullshit for more than three weeks now. They put up an acre or two of phony trees surrounded by a visual Times Square of obnoxiously flashing, blinking, glaring, winking, stinking lights in mid-October.

Waddaya wanna bet that as soon as the last of this phony shitz is sold off at imaginary discounts in January, rabbits and eggs and tooth-rotting confections from China heralding the Risen Dollar clog the aisles?

Hawking shitz around the year from everywhere around the world but here has become the American way.

[W1GUH]

And...and....we get to hear Christmas Songs on the radio all day long. Must've started by now. And if you've got satellite, there's 2 or 3 channels of nothing but holiday tunes.

[KG4CGC]

We have a "MY" station here that goes 100% Christmas the day after Thanksgiving. I will keep you posted if they start earlier this year.
UTs will be standing by.