The spooky season is behind us, and we are now approaching gobble gobble territory. Today Emily chose violence and decided to bash on the one day of the year where canned cranberry sauce is kind of acceptable…? Listen to our podcast for her live beef and read up on her reasonings below.
https://omny.fm/shows/morning-x/emily-vs-thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is No One’s Favorite Holiday for a Reason!
What mainstream song do you know that is about Thanksgiving? If it isn’t worth singing about, then it is probably not worth celebrating. Let’s admit it, Thanksgiving is one of the lamest holidays. Like most of my terrible dates, the only good thing about it is the food. Luckily flag day exists to take that #1 most boring holiday spot. The decorations are just ugly child handprint turkeys and fall leaves. There aren’t any fun lighting options and the only “dressing up” that is allowed has to be grandma approved.
No Thanksgiving = No more “It’s too early for Christmas” debate
Halloween is already a perfect holiday and Christmas is considered S-tier for many. The placement of Thanksgiving is just completely unnecessary. We don’t need three holidays back-to-back! If we get rid of Thanksgiving completely, then no one can complain that we are putting up Christmas decorations too early.
The Food Isn’t Even That Special
Fine, I will say it. Thanksgiving food is great, but it’s nothing that I can’t have any other day of the year. You spend almost all month prepping, cooking, figuring out who is bringing what, standing outside in a giant line at 5am for that one famous pie that everyone wants, and for what? So you can sit down with a group of family members and glaze over the fact that grandpa said something a little racist two minutes before the turkey came out of the oven? Christmas is for the awkward family dinners and Halloween is for the festive decorations and sweets.
And Finally, Don’t Even Get Me Started on Football and Black Friday!
I feel like football is one of the biggest factors as to why this holiday is so ridiculous. Ever since I was a child, I remember attending family gatherings just to sit around and watch padded men run into each other for a ball. Maybe this is coming from personal trauma, but the Thanksgiving Day Parade was never allowed to be on at my house. Football, football, football only. What happened to turning off the TV and living in the present? Crazy whippersnappers! Black Friday shopping is also so overrated. If I wanted to fight a woman for a cheap flat screen TV at Walmart, I could do that any other day. Take it from someone who grew up working retail, the deals aren’t even that good. Try working one Thanksgiving Day or Black Friday and then tell me that this is the best holiday.
