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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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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could i interest you in canadian thanksgiving, which takes place early october?
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Okay but the Black Friday people camping out at the mall at 3:00 am on Nov. 30 are the authentic, hardcore version of trick or treating
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Who are we to legislate when the barriers between our world and the Otherworld are at their thinnest? Plus you'd have to contend with the pumpkin-growers' lobby ("Big Gourd").
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"Giant Pumpkin" was right there
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Or just the traditional "Michaelmas" date in late September* you mentioned; then you have a month until Halloween, and a total 3 months until the other feast holiday. *Specifically the Sun. nearest full moon following Autumn Equinox (~25th Sep,) so can drift into early Oct.
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...that's exactly what it is like in Saskatchewan btw.
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Except Halloween is based on Samhain, a celtic harvest festival.
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