When seasons switch from Halloween to Christmas, there’s no room for the celebratory turkey
When it comes to major holidays, one that is skipped over each and every year and is Thanksgiving.
Growing up the only Thanksgiving movie that I remember is “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving.” Christmas movies always play on Thanksgiving day, ranging from “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” to “A Christmas Story” to “Home Alone.”
Even department stores have Christmas trees and Christmas decorations set up and have Christmas music playing in stores. And every year Mariah Carey goes from Halloween costume to full Christmas glam.
Why is Thanksgiving sidestepped by so many people? Even the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade has Santa Claus as the last float.
It’s basically saying that Santa is more important than Thanksgiving
Are there Thanksgiving movies? Yes. But it takes a Google search to look most of them up.
Here’s a list of Thanksgiving movies that I looked up and to be honest I only knew a few of them:
- Soulfood
- The Blind Side
- Paul Blart Mall Cop
- Grumpy Old Men
- Scent of a Woman
- Friendsgiving
Notice anything? All of these movies aren’t specific to Thanksgiving. Instead, they are movies about other things that have a mention of Thanksgiving. That’s it.
These movies on the list do not center around the holiday but they’re eating on Thanksgiving day.
Still, it’s better than nothing – or better than watching another Christmas movie when you just want to savor the holiday you’re on. If you’re interested in watching some movies on Thanksgiving day with your family feel free to pick from the list.
