FDR literally changed the rules for how to calculate the date of Thanksgiving (from "the last Thursday of November" to "the *fourth* Thursday of November") because it so happened that that year (1939) it would add an extra week of Christmas shopping and boost the economyhttps://twitter.com/dynamicsymmetry/status/1329826132997320706 …
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It would really make a lot more sense for Halloween and Thanksgiving to switch Have the harvest festival at the peak of autumn when the leaves are bright in the air Have the celebration of the spooky and macabre on the cusp of winter with the dark setting in
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Just make Black Friday be the actual holiday and keep the name "Black Friday" The month of December becomes a war against the evils unleashed on Black Friday until they're finally joyously defeated on Christmas by you having purchased enough stuff
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