- the pilgrim thing is all made up anyway
- it makes more sense to have a feast to celebrate getting thru the winter than just right before it
- similarly it makes sense to stockpile some treats and extras thru the winter just in case (in the old days like of a famine)
- right now Jan and Feb are bleak awful fucking months with nothing to look forward to
- you see family during christmas anyway why do it in november too
Counter proposal: Keep Thanksgiving where it is, and elevate MLK Jr Day and Presidents Day to serious holiday status. Bonus points if we can also get Patriots’ Day widely recognized and celebrated outside of the greater Boston area.
Bump here. The problem isn’t too many holidays close together here, it’s the vast swath of “non holidays” between Christmas and Memorial day. It’s essentially 5 months of no long weekends or family - unless you’re somehow lucky enough to be at a company that actually observes MLK or Presidents day.
New February tradition: Cherry pie and a screening of Our American Cousin.
I would also like everyone’s birthday to be a paid holiday.
Sucks for those leap year babies.