My old friend Grumpy just wrote a blog about making the day after Thanksgiving a holiday, as well. Not a bad thought---but I have a better one...
One of the few times Abe Lincoln screwed up was making the fourth Thursday of November a legal holiday. What he should have done was make the fourth Thursday in October the national holiday of Thanksgiving. It would make more sense then; after all, it's a holiday to celebrate the bounty and harvest of the earth, for which we are blessed, and October is more of a harvest month than cold and frequently bleak November. We could also combine Thanksgiving with Halloween for a super holiday weekend.
As of now, Christmas is so close to Thanksgiving that you hardly have time to catch your breath, and the holiday stress is upon you. Putting Thanksgiving in late October would balance thing off nicely: Labor Day in early September, then Thanksgiving in late October with Christmas and the Holiday season kicking in early December.
I think a petition to the President would be in order. The only problem is the Republicans would fight any initiative from Obama, and the whole concept would crash in flames. But file this one away for the future!
Makes perfect sense.
ReplyDeleteSeems like a good idea to me. I was always off on Thanksgiving and most often the following Friday. Already got this idea filed: "Thanksgiving, A Holliday To Lengthen."
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