Thanksgiving was long that rare day when stores closed and families gathered for long, uninterrupted meals.
Unlike at Easter, Christmas or Hanukkah there was no merchandising -- other than for the unfortunate birds.
Thanksgiving, the last US holiday undisturbed by mass commercialization, is now victim to the ever advancing Christmas shopping season, with stores welcoming shopaholics before the family turkey can be taken from the oven.
That's been eroding yearly with the growing emphasis ...
Thanksgiving was long that rare day when stores closed and families gathered for long, uninterrupted meals.
Unlike at Easter, Christmas or Hanukkah there was no merchandising -- other than for the unfortunate birds.
Thanksgiving, the last US holiday undisturbed by mass commercialization, is now victim to the ever advancing Christmas shopping season, with stores welcoming shopaholics before the family turkey can be taken from the oven.
That's been eroding yearly with the growing emphasis ...