I have heard of jw's who refuse to wear red the entire month of Dec just in case someone might think they were celebrating Christmas, why then is it ok to eat a turkey at the end of Nov? News flash to jw's- if you make an entire Thanksgiving meal and eat it any time around Thanksgiving the rest of us think you are in fact celebrating Thanksgiving. Just because it is the day before or after is ridiculous. Many non jw families have to adjust the date as well to accommodate relatives schedules.
I think there was a story here about someone who had just joined the jw's and told their family they could not go to family Thanksgiving (broke grandma's heart) instead the elder invited the newbie to his house on that day. What did this newbie jw find there? Turkey dinner with all the fixings with the elder's friends and family. Instead of having the same meal with their own family they went and had the exact same holiday with an arrogant elder and his family and friends! But it wasn't really Thanksgiving was it?