Only 3 more shopping days 'til Thansgiving

Christians, let's do a little comparison here.

Thanksgiving: Gathering with family, eating a large meal, maybe watching a football game. Secular holiday.

Christmas: Gathering with family, eating a large meal, exchanging gifts, celebrating the birth of Christ. Religious holiday mixed with the secular traditions.

I propose that the tradition of the giving of gifts should be moved up to Thanksgiving. That way, those of us who feel conflicted and dismayed by the over-commercialization of the religious holiday can still have the enjoyment of giving and receiving gifts with our friends and families, and then devote more of our spiritual time to the celebration of our Savior's birth.

(Yes, I know that I am being Christian-centric here, and that there are other religious holidays celebrated around the same time. But I don't practice those other religions.)