The Holidays Come Earlier Each Year

[Zach]

Now WRBQ-FM is playing your Holiday Favorites in the afternoon.

[TWCToday]

Now WRBQ-FM is playing your Holiday Favorites in the afternoon.

Only afternoons? I wouldn't complain. Thats not too bad

[Zach]

Now WRBQ-FM is playing your Holiday Favorites in the afternoon.

Only afternoons? I wouldn't complain. Thats not too bad

Well, IDK.

It could've started this afternoon.

[tpirfan28]

IMO, Christmas stuff can start now.  It's a week before Thanksgiving, and 35 days before the event.

[Gil]

I think Christmas should not even be mentioned until the day after Thanksgiving, otherwise known as Black Friday.

What's more important: Gifts for your spoiled brats, or celebrating the founding of this amazing country?

[Mike]

Is Thanksgiving even considered to be an important holiday anymore?

[lfmusiclover]

Is Thanksgiving even considered to be an important holiday anymore?

I would think so...

[Mike]

The reason I say that is all the early Christmas shopping hype seems to overshadow it.

[lfmusiclover]

The reason I say that is all the early Christmas shopping hype seems to overshadow it.

Christmas is a far more economic based holiday (sadly) than Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving has managed to maintain its roots as a holiday about celebrating our country's founding. People haven't found a way to make money off of it yet.

[Gil]

Not to get religious or anything, but those who are responsible for turning Christmas into a commercial holiday are the ones that will be sent to hell for eternity.

[TWCToday]

Christmas itself really is an interesting holiday. Around that time of year, the Romans celebrated Saturnalia. A festival to Saturn if you didn't guess. They used garland and other decorations we connect with Christmas.  Around the spread of Christianity, many people decided to "add it on" as it were. What better way to get people to celebrate a holiday then to have it at the same time as another one. We dont really know Christ's birthday but we can guess it was more like spring time. Its sad that we have kinda done the reverse of this in modern times. Simply tacking on the reason why we choose to have the holiday. The commercialism at Christmas is just absurd.

[Mike M]

I think Christmas should not even be mentioned until the day after Thanksgiving, otherwise known as Black Friday.

Well put.

Is Thanksgiving even considered to be an important holiday anymore?

They sure do make it seem that way. After the election commercials, they seem to skip Thanksgiving and go right to Christmas commercials.

[wxmediafan]

I think Christmas should not even be mentioned until the day after Thanksgiving, otherwise known as Black Friday.

Well put.

Is Thanksgiving even considered to be an important holiday anymore?

They sure do make it seem that way. After the election commercials, they seem to skip Thanksgiving and go right to Christmas commercials.

Well...what kind of Thanksgiving commercials can they have?

I honestly don't think it's that bad right now.  Probably this weekend it'll start going overboard in the media, but there is nothing we can do about it.  Complaining isn't going to help either

But yes, I think Thanksgiving is an important holiday.  In fact, it's probably my favorite holiday.  I get to see family that I only see on 2 occasions a year (Easter being the second), and you get to eat TONS and TONS of food    and of course giving thanks to everything you have.

[engineer]

Giygas will eat the Christmas profiteers, you know.

But to be honest, I do think it's a bit overboard nowadays. Hell, i'm 20 and even I remember when the Christmas stuff didn't start until Black Friday.