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Vanity: Has The Thanksgiving Holiday Vanished?
11/12/2026

Posted on 11/12/2026 7:16:36 AM PST by devane617

Has anyone else noticed that Thanksgiving has all but vanished from stores and we have moved straight to Christmas? Is the Thanksgiving holiday being moved to the history books?


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1 posted on 11/12/2026 7:16:36 AM PST by devane617
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To: devane617

Here it’s all about Diwali.


2 posted on 11/12/2026 7:19:47 AM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: devane617
Oh yeah.

And the annual "holiday" commercials where the words Thanksgiving or Christmas are not mentioned.

But as soon as Christmas is over we clearly hear Happy New Year.

Don't even get me started on the made up holiday biden added to the federal list.

3 posted on 11/12/2026 7:20:04 AM PST by ealgeone
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To: devane617

Yes.


4 posted on 11/12/2026 7:20:10 AM PST by CondoleezzaProtege (🩰🎬🗺️)
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To: devane617

Thanksgiving was created by liberty loving Americans grateful for our Christian origin. From now on May day will be our celebration for socialism and the rise of the proletariat.


5 posted on 11/12/2026 7:20:22 AM PST by 2nd Amendment
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To: devane617

My husband said that one of our grocery stores went directly to Christmas in the seasonal aisle the day after Hallowe’en.

But Thanksgiving is all over the YouTube channels I watch, cooking, meal planning, table decor...


6 posted on 11/12/2026 7:20:46 AM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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I still see Thanksgiving decorations. But it was never as big as Halloween or Christmas. A minor holiday bookended between the Big Two.

Last year, I was seeing Halloween ads as early as July. And the stores in my area stock Christmas supplies in October, before Halloween is even over.

Commercialism has as much to with overshadowing Thanksgiving as does diversity.

7 posted on 11/12/2026 7:22:38 AM PST by Angelino97
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To: devane617

It’s been moved to Kwanzaa....................


8 posted on 11/12/2026 7:22:53 AM PST by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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Cinco de mayo crap is more celebrated by media than Thanksgiving. Can’t celebrate anything deriving from white men.


9 posted on 11/12/2026 7:23:39 AM PST by Resolute Conservative
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To: devane617

Christmas is a hollowed-out shell of itself as well.

Unless you are determined to keep it at church and in your family, it’s just an early vehicle for sales—not the 12 days of celebration it used to be.


10 posted on 11/12/2026 7:24:36 AM PST by Claud
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There are fewer Thanksgiving ads, which is perfectly fine with me. My family will be eating turkey and stuffing like every other year.


11 posted on 11/12/2026 7:24:43 AM PST by ArcadeQuarters (You can't remove RINOs by voting for them!)
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Kids are now all over the country instead of close by...Things change...


12 posted on 11/12/2026 7:25:00 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: devane617

No.


13 posted on 11/12/2026 7:25:05 AM PST by Vision (“Our Democracy” means "Our Slush Fund." The Left is hate.)
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To: devane617

I notice that Michaelmas is no longer celebrated either.


14 posted on 11/12/2026 7:25:14 AM PST by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.)
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To: Red Badger

Tv ads for months were all election.
Now until december 7th are medicare lies
Then ads will be all xmas

No ads for xgiving


15 posted on 11/12/2026 7:25:19 AM PST by George from New England (escaped CT back in 2006)
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To: devane617

Yes, I have noticed. Oct. 31, Pumpkins in every doorway.
I’m tripping over pumpkins!

Nov. 1st: Bay Area in Ca.
Mexican Traditional observance: Dia De Los Muertes grave skulls of the ancestors.

Nov. 5th? Up go the fluffy Christmas Wreaths and faux pine Garlands with big red bows!

I think it’s mostly a Retailer choice to focus on what holidays provoke the most consumer purchases.
Thanksgiving is a one day event. Actually, a one meal event for many folks. There is only so much one needs to buy to produce that meal. Traditionally, no gifts are given for Thanksgiving.


16 posted on 11/12/2026 7:25:47 AM PST by lee martell
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Absolutely.

I have a beautiful display in my front yard for Thanksgiving including a blow-up turkey. Neighbors love it - but I am the ONLY one who has anything Thanksgiving.

Apparently, the stores have jumped straight to Christmas, the local church is already decorated and three of my neighbors have Christmas lights up and displays out.


17 posted on 11/12/2026 7:27:09 AM PST by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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Totally. As soon as the Halloween decorations came down, they were replaced with Christmas decs and Thanksgiving was totally skipped. Really disturbs me, but it’s a totally different world out there. It’s starting to feel like I’m in an alternate universe, which is why I like my little hideaway home.


18 posted on 11/12/2026 7:27:11 AM PST by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: devane617

You mean Black Friday Eve?


19 posted on 11/12/2026 7:27:26 AM PST by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets.)
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There is not much commercialism related to Thanksgiving. Sales on Turkeys is about it. We are attending a destination Thanksgiving buffet in WV this year. Cousinsgiving in the family is on that Sunday as well.


20 posted on 11/12/2026 7:27:27 AM PST by AppyPappy (They don't call you a Nazi because they think you are one. They do it to justify violence. )
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