Here in the states Thanksgiving used to be in December. During the depression, FDR (or one of his advisors) thought that if the length of time between Thanksgiving and Christmas was longer people would buy more stuff and jump start the economy.
Ever since Cartoon Network killed syndicated kids shows, Washington D.C. Thanksgiving has been kinda boring. One of the local stations used to air all sorts of weird stuff on Thanksgiving. Charlie Brown's Thanksgiving followed by 'The Three Bear's Christmas' and Jim Henson's 'The Christmas Toy' and then lots of those stop motion puppets Christmas specials. Though why 'Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July' which about the Fourth of July and Christmas would air on Thanksgiving boggles me to this day. The last time they did it the closed it out with Nightmare Before Christmas.
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Date: 2006-10-15 03:26 pm (UTC)Ever since Cartoon Network killed syndicated kids shows, Washington D.C. Thanksgiving has been kinda boring. One of the local stations used to air all sorts of weird stuff on Thanksgiving. Charlie Brown's Thanksgiving followed by 'The Three Bear's Christmas' and Jim Henson's 'The Christmas Toy' and then lots of those stop motion puppets Christmas specials. Though why 'Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July' which about the Fourth of July and Christmas would air on Thanksgiving boggles me to this day. The last time they did it the closed it out with Nightmare Before Christmas.