Wasn't it Thanksgiving just last week?

I was talking to a friend today about the holidays, holiday plans and the how general relativity doesn't seem to apply to holiday seasons.

To wit: from the perspective of any given yearly celebration(Valentine's Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc.) looking back at the previous occurrence of that day causes some sort of counter-relativistic time dilation. The rearly celebrations seem to recur at some crazy speed that defies Newton and Einstein and, seemingly, the speed of light. Want proof?

Think back to last Thanksgiving. How long ago does it seem? A year? Can you remember where you were? What you did? Who was with you? what you ate? I can. Seems like it was last month, doesn't it? Not last year.

Now think back to last the Thursday just before Thanksgiving. Just one week before. Can you remember where you were? What you did? Who was with you? what you ate? I can't.

See? The holidays suffer from time dilation.

Happy holidays! Enjoy them while you can. They'll be back in just a couple of weeks (or so it will seem). ;-)