- 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
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.