{"id":111475,"date":"2025-11-23T10:00:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T15:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/christmas-is-gobbling-up-thanksgiving-the-uniquely-american-holiday-111475"},"modified":"2025-11-23T10:00:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T15:00:54","slug":"christmas-is-gobbling-up-thanksgiving-the-uniquely-american-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/christmas-is-gobbling-up-thanksgiving-the-uniquely-american-holiday-111475","title":{"rendered":"Christmas is gobbling up Thanksgiving, the uniquely American holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"
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OK. The pumpkin season is officially over, and now it\u2019s Christmastime.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Walk into any store in America right now, and you\u2019ll think you\u2019ve stepped into Santa\u2019s workshop with peppermint everything, aisles of ornaments, pre-lit trees, inflatable snowmen and twinkling lights in your neighborhood that would make even Clark Griswold proud.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But try finding a simple Thanksgiving decoration. A turkey, a harvest wreath, even a grateful-themed tablecloth, and you practically need a search warrant. Somewhere between the discount Halloween candy and the Black Friday<\/a> promo aisle, Thanksgiving has vanished like a missing person.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s not your imagination. Christmas is steamrolling Thanksgiving and there are\u00a0three big cultural and economic reasons\u00a0why.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fox News Poll: Holiday togetherness tops political differences<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s call this what it is:\u00a0Thanksgiving just isn\u2019t profitable enough.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Thanksgiving has stayed loyal to its old-school identity of food, family, gratitude, naps and football. It\u2019s emotional but not commercial. You don\u2019t buy matching pajamas for it. You don\u2019t send greeting cards. Your kids don\u2019t demand a gift haul.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Retailers hate that.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On the other hand, Christmas is a revenue machine:\u00a0<\/p>\n

10 ESSENTIALS YOU NEED TO HOST A STRESS-FREE THANKSGIVING DINNER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Thanksgiving d\u00e9cor might bring in a couple billion dollars. Christmas? Try\u00a0hundreds of billions of dollars.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Stores don\u2019t even pretend anymore. The moment the last trick-or-treater grabs their fun-size Snickers, out come the reindeer and wreaths. Not because Americans wanted it but because stores can squeeze an extra six weeks of revenue out of your holiday spirit.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve wondered why you can buy a 12-foot inflatable nutcracker before you can find a turkey placemat, now you know.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If you want to measure the cultural shift in this country, don\u2019t look at d\u00e9cor and just examine\u00a0behavior.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Twenty years ago, Thanksgiving was sacred. Now? It\u2019s basically the pregame show for Black Friday with some stores actually opening on Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n

BOOK HOLIDAY FLIGHTS NOW OR PAY HUNDREDS MORE LATER, GOOGLE TRAVEL DATA REVEALS FOR 2025\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Retailers have done a masterful job convincing Americans that holiday shopping\u00a0is\u00a0a holiday. Black Friday used to begin Friday morning. Then midnight. Then Thursday evening. Then Thursday afternoon.\u00a0<\/p>\n

At this point, the turkey isn\u2019t even cold before people are scanning QR codes, checking store apps and comparing “doorbusters” that happen at 3 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Thanksgiving slowly stopped being a national moment of pause and started becoming a national moment of spending. Gratitude is getting replaced with discount fear of missing out.\u00a0\u00a0And when the holiday\u2019s main purpose is eclipsed by sales, the culture follows. The decorations don\u2019t stand a chance.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Thanksgiving is about reflection. Christmas is about escapism.\u00a0<\/p>\n

One demands we sit with what we have while the other invites us to cover life in lights, nostalgia, sugar cookies and some good old-fashioned instant gratification.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In a year where inflation is squeezing families, housing costs are outrageous and more than half of Americans say they\u2019re living paycheck to paycheck, people are grabbing onto anything that brings comfort even if it means dragging out the Christmas bins before the pumpkins rot.<\/p>\n

PUMPKIN OR APPLE? AMERICA\u2019S FIERCEST THANKSGIVING DESSERT DEBATE HEATS UP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Christmas is warm, nostalgic and sparkly<\/a>. Thanksgiving is quiet, reflective and slow, which are three things modern America has forgotten how to tolerate.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Some people will shrug and say, “Who cares? It\u2019s just decorations.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

But I think it\u2019s deeper. Thanksgiving isn\u2019t political. It\u2019s purely American.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Thanksgiving is the one holiday uniquely designed to make us pause, reconnect and recalibrate. There are no gifts. No costumes. No commercial agenda. It\u2019s a 24-hour reminder that what we already have is enough, which is something we desperately need in a world that constantly tells us we\u2019re behind.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If we allow Thanksgiving to disappear and be replaced by 60 days of Christmas promos and artificial urgency, we will lose a holiday that strengthens the financial and emotional health of families.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A country that forgets how to be grateful eventually forgets how to be grounded.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Look, I love Christmastime. I\u2019m not the Grinch. But we can enjoy Christmas without erasing Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

So, this year, don\u2019t let retailers rush you past the one holiday where nobody is asking you to spend money, buy things you don\u2019t need, or “spave” your way into more holiday debt.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sit. Eat. Talk. Watch football. Take a nap. Be grateful.<\/p>\n

And proudly display a turkey or two.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It\u2019s time to bring Thanksgiving back.\u00a0<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE BY TED JENKIN<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/christmas-gobbling-up-thanksgiving-uniquely-american-holiday <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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