Christmas before Thanksgiving?

Today I was in the mall buying a birthday present for my nephew. I had already seen the Christmas decorations and so I knew that the mall was starting to get a little festive but I thought certainly Santa won't be out yet. But yet there he was in all of his white beard and red coat glory ready for the kids to sit in his lap and have their picture taken.
Now I am not against Christmas. I love Christmas. I most importantly love celebrating the birth of the savior. I love to see Christmas decorations. I love to decorate my house with a tree, stockings, wreaths and everything else that is Christmasy. I love to give and receive gifts. I love all of it. But I think we need to have everything in its place.
I also love Thanksgiving. What a wonderful time to remember all that we have to be grateful for. Which, regardless of how bad we think things are is quite a lot.
So I think that the wonderful Christmas decorations need to stay in their boxes and Santa at the North Pole until Thanksgiving is over. Let us celebrate that wonderful day and then get ready for the next. Why does Christmas have to be so much about making money? It the birthday of our savior.
Now that I have shared my opinion of the early Christmas decorations I will show you what I am knitting.

A new sweater

A Scarf

And here is a bunch random yarn I am not sure what I am going to do with yet. I am thinking a bunch of scarves.