Christmas is the one holiday a year that seems to last at least a month before the actual holiday. After Halloween, it goes straight to the Christmas season, where all you see on TV are Christmas commercials and hear Christmas music. With still over a month before Christmas, there is still Thanksgiving to look forward to.
With such a leap from Halloween to Christmas let’s not forget the one holiday, which allows us to eat as much as possible. There is still so much time until Christmas that people forget about Thanksgiving and go into Christmas. Thanksgiving the one holiday where we are thankful for all the people and accomplishments in our lives. Spending it with family and friends, and also those people who we cannot stand but still put up with. Don’t forget about all the food to feast on. Who doesn’t like being able to eat anything and not be judged for it? With all the food from the turkey, to the pies and dessert it’s hard to say no and end up having to undo your belt, put on sweats and take a nap on the couch.
Thanksgiving also gives college students a short break from the semester. The nearly week off of classes comes at a much needed time to ourselves and away from schoolwork. The week spent with family and chances to reconnect with friends from home who you have not seen since the end of summer. Unless you have that one professor that gives you work during the break that you completely forget about until last minute.
Outside all the preparation and everything that goes into the holiday still a time to cherish everything we have from friends and family, and to where you are now in life, and of course the most important the food. After the holiday and craziness of Black Friday shoppers then the Christmas season can be in full force.