Does America give more importance to 4th July or Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving here. Just because it's more of a family holiday. The 4th is more of a social party holiday in my experience.
Thanksgiving, but I think it's because of the proximity to the holiday about the big guy in the red suit.
Thanksgiving. Typically, you get more time off. It's reinforced by being close to Christmas and the Christmas shopping rush, the next day. People travel to visit relatives for Thanksgiving. I've never heard of anyone traveling for the 4th.
July 4 is actually a very busy travel day, but it's different from winter holidays. Travel tend to be more about barbecues, beaches, picnics, family reunions, etc. It's more skewed toward driving versus flying, especially compared to Thanksgiving and Christmas. [cntraveler.com]
I like both simply because school has a break and I am off. Same in the past since I was a manager in manufacturing and holidays were off days. As for importance, meh. Thanksgiving is the day everyone over eats to celebrate stealing land. The 4th you blow stuff up, hopefully not any body part, to celebrate kicking other people out of the land we stole in the first place..
Black Friday. Its so powerful it's taken over a whole other holiday.
It is a good question. I think Christmas is the biggest holiday here, then 4th of July. One big holiday every 6 months. I think Thanksgiving kind of gets overshadowed by Christmas, but I could be wrong. After all, Thanksgiving is the only holiday for which I get 2 paid days off instead of one - so that makes it my favorite! ?