Hello everyone!
Today’s comic is a Family Circus featuring traditions and differences
in the North American holiday season.
What is the holiday season? It
lasts from late November to December 31st. American Thanksgiving is the unofficial start
date.
COMIC BREAKDOWN
“Dolly keeps humming ‘Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town’ and we haven’t
even had Thanksgiving yet! – Billy
What is going on?
It will be American Thanksgiving this Thursday November
27th. Canadian Thanksgiving
takes place in October. American
Thanksgiving always takes place on the last Thursday of November.
If you are Canadian, the autumn and winter holiday order
goes Thanksgiving, Halloween, and finally Christmas.
If you are American, the autumn and winter holiday order
goes Halloween, Thanksgiving and finally Christmas.
Canadians start getting into the Christmas holiday season
in November right after Halloween when it is still only mid – autumn. Americans focus their attention on
Thanksgiving (which is a four day weekend running from Thursday to Sunday)
during the month of November. The
Christmas season begins right after Thanksgiving on Black Friday, the last
Friday of November, the day after Thanksgiving.
In the United States, the holiday season consists of
Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s.
Difference between
Thanksgiving and Christmas
Thanksgiving and Christmas are
very different and also very similar holidays.
Traditionally you eat Turkey during both holidays. Both holidays are about being with your
friends and family.
THANKSGIVING DINNER
For Americans that are very serious about Thanksgiving
and their holidays; you do not mix up Thanksgiving and Christmas!
Thanksgiving is an autumn holiday and Christmas is a
winter holiday. Thanksgiving is a
holiday to celebrate the autumn harvest and to be thankful. Christmas, though both religious and secular today,
was originally a Christian holiday and it was meant to celebrate the birth of
Jesus Christ.
Why is this comic
funny?
This comic is funny because it shows how the two
holidays, Thanksgiving and Christmas, begin to mix together. This is fine for most people but others are
against this. They believe that you must
finish one before starting the other.
By mid-November, most people start to get excited about
the idea of Christmas. By mid to late
November many people and public areas and shops will start thinking about
Christmas and begin putting up Christmas decorations. Children especially will start singing
Christmas carols (songs).
Dolly is mixing the two holidays together but
Billy believes the two holidays should be separate. This is why Billy does not
like that his sister Dolly is humming a Christmas song. He thinks she should get in trouble for
this so he is telling on her.
If you are Canadian and you start singing Christmas songs
before Thanksgiving (which is in October) that is just too early. However it is normal for most Americans to
get into the spirit of both Thanksgiving and Christmas by late November whether
or not Thanksgiving has happened yet.
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