Let me start this off by saying that I love all holidays equally, but if I had to choose, Thanksgiving would be my #1.
That being said, I feel personally victimized when people skip over Thanksgiving. They jump from Halloween to Christmas without a backwards glance.
Thanksgiving, to me, is the #1 holiday for two reasons.
1. FOOD
You get to eat everything. AND there is a judgement free zone/bubble because everyone else around you is doing it. If they aren't, you need to Run. Obviously they aren't humans. Your family has been body snatched.
2. It's like just like Christmas, minus the obligation of buying everyone presents.
Basically, it's totally okay that you're a broke college student who can't afford to buy everyone nice meaningful gifts even though you really really want to. You can just enjoy the company and food without feeling guilty for not buying Aunt Marget that really nice sweater she's been talking about.
All in All, I just want people to recognize the amazing-ness that Thanksgiving really is. Without it we wouldn't have a reason for this: