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Now, when I was a kid, there were several holidays that came in between the Fourth of July and Christmas. Thanks to the power of the All American Dollar and the advent of neighborly and not so neighborly contests to determine the best Martha Stewart wannabe in the neighborhood, one can also buy a flotsam of plastic corpses, skeletons, ghosts Wholesale Tampa Bay Buccaneers Jersey , and headstones with which to spookily adorn one s yard for the invasion of Trick or Treaters on October 31.

However, for one of the nation s most beloved holidays, department stores dedicate almost no floor space. Really, what would be the point? How many orange and brown crepe paper turkeys and straw cornucopias can one really buy from one year to the next? After all, turkey day d?cor really only works for one day, since you know you have to tear it all down on Leftover Friday and start unraveling 47 miles of Christmas lights that may or may nor work or more likely will work just fine until you hang it on the tree.

It s important to remember Wholesale Tennessee Titans Jersey , though, that Thanksgiving is a truly important holiday. It is indicative of the wealth of riches we all have in this country. It is reminiscent of the first gourmet club on American soil. Moreover, Thanksgiving is a symbol of our gratitude or alleged gratitude for what we ve been given in this country: opportunity, freedom, large supermarkets with more food on the pet aisle than many towns in third world countries have between every single last resident.

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