debodun
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Why do we make a big deal out of Christmas eve and New Year's eve, but don't have a Thanksgiving ever or Easter eve?
Holiday Eves
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RadishRose
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- Connecticut, USA
We have Easter Vigil.
Ruth n Jersey
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- Northern New Jersey
When I was hosting the holidays all the Eves where usually pizza,soup or Chinese food. After a day of preparing food for the holiday I certainly didn't want to have to get dinner on the table the night before.
Aunt Bea
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Thanksgiving Eve. has become a big deal with the younger folks in my area, they come home and hit the bars to see old friends that have also returned for Thanksgiving.
GeorgiaXplant
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- Georgia
Become? Heck, it was a big deal when I was a "younger folk" and that was late 50s!
Marie5656
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- Batavia, NY
In our Polish Catholic church (not sure if this was norm in all Catholic churches) there would be a Blessing of the Food on Holy Saturday...day before Easter. People would bring a basket, representing the foods in their Easter meal, and the Priest would bless the meal. When I was a kid, I would bring our basket every year (the church was just down the street from our house) and I did enjoy the process.
Catlady
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- Southern AZ
Maybe there is no Thanksgiving eve because people are in the stores that offer Black Friday ahead of Friday? Lol
GeorgiaXplant
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I wasn't Polish but lived in a Polish neighborhood and went to the Polish Catholic church with my friends (when Fr. Frank wasn't reminding me that I was at the "wrong" church and needed to be going to St. Ambrose instead of St. Michael's). Holy Saturday was the day we took our Easter eggs in a basket to be blessed. I don't remember that we took anything else.
GeorgiaXplant
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LOL, PVC. Maybe Thanksgiving Eve will become a thing. The Black Friday sales start at least a week ahead of the day after Thanksgiving. It used to be fun to shop on Black Friday. Now it's just ho-hum, that stuff has been on sale all week long.