- 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
I think what he was referring to was exactly how the Thanksgiving feast was done during the pilgrim time. Not the fact that it was made up and never happened. What we are taught in the United States in school about the first thanksgiving is not exactly accurate.