The conglomeration of holidays is just as confusing as this title alone.

With Thanksgiving all wrapped up, some grocery stores have already started bringing out the egg nog and Christmas decorations. Which is something that should come out in late November instead, considering it’s not even Halloween yet.

 The warm commercialized air that large companies breathe down your neck over hallmark holidays is stifling – especially when it’s three festivities all so close together.

The combination of holidays can have people going through many ups and downs when parties and family functions are involved.

A big feast covers the dining room table with turkey, stuffing and pumpkin pie and just as you sit down you hear your uncle talk about how he’s convinced the Russian neighbours are stealing his lawn gnomes again.

Maybe you’re racing around town at the last minute to find your child the perfect Halloween costume to fit over warmer clothes for trick-or-treating. If you’re a young adult, you could be going to a Halloween party dressed up as Christina Aguilera, but after a few drinks you realize you’ve smudged your makeup all over your face and are now looking like the ’80s version of Cindy Lauper.

Then your mom and sister go from being best friends during the holidays, to competing over who buys the best Christmas gifts for the family. Accidently, your grandma gets a $50 gift certificate to Hooters and your dad gets a Chanel No. 5 perfume set, not exactly what you’d call ideal personalized gifts.

Aside from butting heads with people, there are wonderful moments that can happen during the holidays. Getting to meet your best friend’s new boyfriend at Thanksgiving, finding a cute Halloween costume that gets your crush to strike up a conversation with you or having a loved one come home for the holidays.

Some of these things show ways to sift through sugar-coated messages from advertisements during any holiday and bring the idea of closeness into a better light.