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BurntXOrange

Online news & entertainment magazine at UT Austin

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BurntXOrange

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Christmas: The War On Thanksgiving

December 1, 2014

As soon as Halloween turns its back, Christmas strikes. Retailers replace the skeletons with wreaths and the orange and black banners with red and green ones. On the radio, “Jingle Bell Rock” and “White Christmas” play, while families roast marshmallows and drink skinny eggnog lattes. Somewhere, somehow, in this turning of the commercialized seasons, Thanksgiving is forgotten.

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