Listen, I’m not here to tell you Thanksgiving is nothing but a blip in the two-month extravaganza known as the Christmas season, but Thanksgiving is nothing but a blip in the two-month extravaganza known as the Christmas season. As soon as we lay Halloween to rest, the songs, decorations, and overall feelings of festivity emerge from within our hearts and attics to make our lives both holly and jolly.

And really, what is Thanksgiving bringing to the table anyways? A big dinner? Quality time with family and friends? Holiday-appropriate television programming? Literally everything we get at Christmas, minus the presents? No thank you. If I’m eating a lengthy meal with my family while wearing an uncomfortable sweater some relative got me last year for my birthday, I am dang sure getting some presents out of it.

It’s not all about recieving, either. Christmas allows you to actually show people how much you care. All Thanksgiving does is let you say the same, completely forgettable phrases over and over again. Christmas lets you show people you care with Christmas cookies, Christmas carols, and, everyone’s favorite: Christmas presents. Nothing says “I know and love you” more than getting your best friend the complete collection of Gilmore Girls for Christmas and then putting videos of them crying over Jess breaking Rory’s heart on your Snapchat story for the world to see.

All I’m here to say is that no one is going around singing Thanksgiving carols, no one is wearing ironically ugly Thanksgiving sweaters, and no one should be decorating their house for Thanksgiving. Seriously. Enough with the pilgrim hats on turkeys: It’s the laziest decorating idea possible and I won’t stand for it. Thanksgiving is simply a one-day affair and that’s all it should be. At the end of the day, Thanksgiving is the enjoyable roadside attraction you visit on your way to the actual destination: Christmas.