We all know about "Black Friday" and just why it has received its gloomy moniker: every year, the day after Thanksgiving (when the Christmas season has "officially" begun) sees millions of Americans push and shove their way through department store aisles to stockpile as many gifts as possible before time-sensitive sales have expired. On a day such as this, it seems like the true spirit of Christmas is lost, smothered by stacks and stacks of merchandise, faux pine trees, and giant inflatable reindeer.

If I’ve heard it once, I’ve heard it a thousand times:
People love to complain about how much they eat on Thanksgiving Day.

You know you live in a country that REALLY has something to be thankful for when it is the cultural norm to belly-ache about your belly ache from having too much good food.

But it is true that Thanksgiving dinner is often one meal where it is a little too easy to overeat. So if you are worried about all of the excess this week, there are multiple purges of physical exercise in which you can still sign up to take part.