ManaMinori 4,145 November 10, 2016 Share November 10, 2016 Thanksgiving. A time for reflecting on being grateful for everything you have..but it gets steamrolled by Christmas, not even making a blip on the radar (soon as Halloween is over, everyone starts putting up Christmas decor). Is it laughably contradictory that a holiday exists, and soon after y'all are trampling each other for more material possessions and celebrating consumerism and acquisition of material possessions around a dead bush? 2 Under the Jellicle Moon- a site with cuteness, cat boys, and comic strips / Star Dreams Fanclub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ganondorf8 11,370 November 10, 2016 Share November 10, 2016 In Canada, we celebrate Thanksgiving before Halloween so it manages to stay significant until the Christmas decor comes out. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeekySonic 1,150 November 10, 2016 Share November 10, 2016 Nope. Halloween is about having fun, Thanksgiving is for being grateful, and Christmas is for sharing and quality time. That's how it's always been for my family. I think it's ridiculous how fast Christmas springs into relevance, but hey, I ain't gonna stop folks from doing something harmless that pleases them. Also, my dead bush is made of plastic, and I'll happily take any material possessions (even socks). Check out my voice-acting demo reels on Casting Call Club, if you'd like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripper 252 November 10, 2016 Share November 10, 2016 November and December are just the best 2 months of any business due to holiday sales. They're just trying to succeed from the holiday hype Funny & epic Smash Bros Melee videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj_54hAA3f0&list=PUtu4yuaEIBcYYMnZie43sfQ 4,300 subscribers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Cedar 1,408 November 10, 2016 Share November 10, 2016 In Canada, we celebrate Thanksgiving before Halloween so it manages to stay significant until the Christmas decor comes out. Unfortunately, this usually means that the Christmas decor comes out immediately after Halloween. At least in tge U.S. there is still an accepted three-week reprieve for November. Roleplaying OC: Red Cedar - Cast Character: Applejack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ganondorf8 11,370 November 10, 2016 Share November 10, 2016 Unfortunately, this usually means that the Christmas decor comes out immediately after Halloween. At least in tge U.S. there is still an accepted three-week reprieve for November. Some places actually had Christmas décor out before Halloween. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Appley Hooves 136 November 10, 2016 Share November 10, 2016 (edited) Some places actually had Christmas décor out before Halloween. I got Christmas spam email starting the second week of October Edited November 10, 2016 by Hairy Goober Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ganondorf8 11,370 November 10, 2016 Share November 10, 2016 I got Christmas spam email starting the second week of October Really? Wow... They're getting earlier and earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronMk 280 November 10, 2016 Share November 10, 2016 tfw you remember the first pilgrams to the Americas were French Protestants who were summarily butchered by the Spanish in their totality. ;-;7 Fort Caroline. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiraTakahashi 748 November 10, 2016 Share November 10, 2016 Dude hobby lobby that u used to work at Christmas stuff would be up before Halloween was here. +My life's it's own cartoon show.+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimGrimoire 4,973 November 11, 2016 Share November 11, 2016 Really? Wow... They're getting earlier and earlier. The first week of October Santa Clause was up in my local Walmart and waving to the customers as they walked into the store and 2 weeks later Christmas music was on the intercom. I love Thanksgiving as a holiday... it was one of my favorite times of the year and spending time with family was the greatest for that holiday alone, even more than Christmas for me. It is why it gets frustrating to me now to see everything and everyone around me only seeming to care about the Black Friday sales that come the day after. Obviously I know a lot of people still celebrate it, but sometimes it is hard to see under all the other crap pushed in your face. ~No profound statement needed~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simba86 1,541 November 11, 2016 Share November 11, 2016 the holidays have been turned into hallowthanksmas LOL 1 It's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ganondorf8 11,370 November 11, 2016 Share November 11, 2016 The first week of October Santa Clause was up in my local Walmart and waving to the customers as they walked into the store and 2 weeks later Christmas music was on the intercom. I love Thanksgiving as a holiday... it was one of my favorite times of the year and spending time with family was the greatest for that holiday alone, even more than Christmas for me. It is why it gets frustrating to me now to see everything and everyone around me only seeming to care about the Black Friday sales that come the day after. Obviously I know a lot of people still celebrate it, but sometimes it is hard to see under all the other crap pushed in your face. Here in Canada, they dedicate a bit of time to Thanksgiving although it gets completely overshadowed by Halloween. Heck, they start promoting Halloween where I live at the beginning of September. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManaMinori 4,145 November 11, 2016 Author Share November 11, 2016 the holidays have been turned into hallowthanksmas LOLnah, just Hallowmas No time for being grateful under all the consumerism Just fuse The bloody holidays for real. They're trying to do it, anyway . Get them over with faster, for all I care Under the Jellicle Moon- a site with cuteness, cat boys, and comic strips / Star Dreams Fanclub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatonRyu 1,033 November 11, 2016 Share November 11, 2016 We don't even have Thanksgiving here. Here, in September the stuff for Sinterklaas comes out (widely known as 'the Dutch Santa Clause' and indeed based on the same person, St. Nicholas). Then in October suddenly Halloween stuff appears, to be immediately replaced by more Sinterklaas stuff when that's over. This carries on until December 5th, after which the Christmas stuff appears in full force, after already surreptitiously appearing as early as September. Then after Christmas it's only about a month before the easter eggs begin to show up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyoshi Frost Wolf 41,730 November 14, 2016 Share November 14, 2016 If I recall, Thanksgiving isn't necessarily about giving thanks despite the name. From what I have read, the holiday is more meant for having a day where you DON'T have thanks. A day without worry. A day to just enjoy a pleasant meal with family and friends. I like that a lot more. I do agree entirely that the holiday is pretty much forgotten about these days in terms of mainstream stuff. Christmas stuff starts popping immediately after Halloween these days and considering that is just some stupid corporate ploy, it annoys me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmarston1 5,959 November 14, 2016 Share November 14, 2016 I think it is more ironic that a holiday supposedly about being thankful about life, immediately we get the horrible greed that comes from Black Friday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvadel 1,393 November 14, 2016 Share November 14, 2016 I thought modern thanksgiving was brought to you by the turkey lobby (the turkey farmers of course not the turkeys who probably would rather we avoided the whole subject) Silvadel, the Pegasus of Insight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merrypaws 71 November 14, 2016 Share November 14, 2016 My country (Finland) doesn't have either Halloween or Thanksgiving, so for us, after the 'back 2 school' sales on school supplies, it's like this countdown to when it's acceptable to haul out all the Christmas stuff. Be glad you Americans. Be glad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
They call me Loyalty 1,948 November 14, 2016 Share November 14, 2016 You add so many negative connotations to your messages. It's unlikely to be believable anymore. Would you rather have people pretending otherwise, instead? No. I don't think so. Because it is what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormBlaze 992 November 14, 2016 Share November 14, 2016 dont do thanksgiving in the UK, tbh i dont think many other countries do celebrate it do they? its a very American only thing. we get Easter, Halloween and Christmas everywhere because of how materialised and commercial it is. DeviantArt ~~~ YouTube ~~~ MLP Forum Store Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anneal 2,197 November 14, 2016 Share November 14, 2016 dont do thanksgiving in the UK, tbh i dont think many other countries do celebrate it do they? its a very American only thing. we get Easter, Halloween and Christmas everywhere because of how materialised and commercial it is. Only Canada and the US really celebrate Thanksgiving. Europe usually doesn't do it, if at all. And forget about Asia. Canada's Thanksgiving comes before Halloween, so it usually gets mashed up with Halloween merchandise...which is why you don't see it very often. It's also commemorated for the French colonials and English explorers that came in the 16th and 17th century. On the other hand, the US celebrates it on the fourth week of November, to commemorate something entirely different: the Pilgrim's first harvest in America. Interestingly, Liberia has a Thanksgiving too, though it's for the colonization from freed black slaves in 1820. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nsxile 27,294 June 2, 2019 Share June 2, 2019 I mean... I don't celebrate thanksgiving as I'm not American. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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