When you ask people to name their favorite holiday, many people say Christmas, Hanukkah, or the general winter holiday season. Yes, I love yuletide cheer and caroling, but there's one holiday that's become completely swept under the rug: Thanksgiving. After Halloween, stores start displaying Christmas decorations and playing holiday music and we forget about the greatest holiday ever.

So why is Thanksgiving so great? Well, there are copious amounts of food. Thanksgiving is the only time where it's socially acceptable to be a glutton. I'm fine with that, considering some of my favorite foods happen to be Thanksgiving foods, like stuffing and pumpkin pie. What non-dessert foods are good at Christmas? None. In fact, Christmas dinner is pretty much a repeat of Thanksgiving food.

People complain that Thanksgiving is a commercial holiday, but when you think about it, so is Christmas. Why do you think stores are already setting up Christmas decorations, playing Christmas music, and promoting holiday sales? To hype people up for the Christmas holiday rush. Although both holidays are supposed to be about being thankful for what you have, they have somewhat lost their meaning in today's age. However, more stores are closed on Christmas than Thanksgiving, meaning more retail workers are unable to have a sit down dinner with their families on Thanksgiving than on Christmas. Although that's changing, it's still ridiculous that retail workers don't get to appreciate being with their families, just because we gloss over Thanksgiving.

Also, why is it necessary for Christmas decorations to go up right after Halloween? I haven't had a chance to get over all the jack-o-lanterns and spider decorations, and now you're shoving Christmas trees down my throat. Please. Just don't. I need the time between Halloween and Christmas to mentally transition between decorations.

I absolutely love holiday carols... during December. It should be illegal to play carols before December when it's actually "Holly Jolly Christmastime."

So next time you see a rogue Christmas tree before Thanksgiving, feel free to tear it down in your mind. That how I cope with this "Christmas before Thanksgiving" madness.