Many people are concerned about gaining “holiday pounds” over Thanksgiving and Christmas.
 
“It’s not what you eat between Thanksgiving and Christmas that hurts but what you eat between Christmas and Thanksgiving!”—that is, the longer period counts more than the shorter holiday period—was printed in The Clarion-Ledger/Jackson Daily News (Jackson, MS) on December 1, 1974. “Don’t worry about what you eat between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Worry about what you eat between Christmas and Thanksgiving” was posted on Twitter by FunnyOneLiners on December 19, 2010.
 
“It’s not what you eat between Christmas and New Year’s that makes you fat—it’s what you eat between New Year’s and Christmas” is a similar saying.
 
   
Newspapers.com
1 December 1974, The Clarion-Ledger/Jackson Daily News (Jackson, MS), “Put Ham In The Pan For Holiday Feasts” by Alice McArdle, pg. D15, col. 5:
As you look at the eating schedule for the holidays and bemoan all those extra pounds remember: It’s not what you eat between Thanksgiving and Christmas that hurts but what you eat between Christmas and Thanksgiving!
 
Google Books
The Woman Doctor’s Medical Guide for Women:
How to Look Better, Feel Great, and Get the Most Out of Life
By Barbara Edelstein
New York, NY: Bantam Books, 1983
Pg. 246:
Remember, it’s not what you eat between Thanksgiving and Christmas that counts, but what you eat between Christmas and Thanksgiving.
 
Newspapers.com
a January 1986, Lincoln (NE) Star, “Remember, you aren’t overweight, you just aren’t tall enough” by Nancy Hicks, pg. 17, col. 2:
A WISE NUTRITION professor once said, “The problem is not what you eat between Thanksgiving and Christmas, but what you eat between Christmas and Thanksgiving.”
 
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Missy
11/26/01
I think it was on Oprah’s Show a couple of weeks ago….... ” It’s not what you eat between Thanksgiving and Christmas as much as what you eat between Christmas and Thanksgiving that will make the most difference>”
   
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Holiday/Candy season is approaching!
Anne
10/11/03
Consider—what and how much you eat between Thanksgiving and Christmas is not so important as what and how much you eat between Christmas and Thanksgiving. Think about it 😉
 
Twitter
Michael Halbrook
@mhalbrook
The real problem is not. . . how much we eat between Thanksgiving and Christmas. It’s how much we eat between Christmas and Thanksgiving.
1:49 AM · Dec 22, 2009·Twitter Web Client
 
Twitter
FunnyOneLiners
@Funnyoneliners
Don’t worry about what you eat between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Worry about what you eat between Christmas and Thanksgiving.
6:11 PM · Dec 19, 2010·Birdhouse
 
Twitter
Mike Rand
@mikerandcom
Don’t worry about what you eat between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Worry about what you eat between Christmas and Thanksgiving.
10:47 AM · Nov 20, 2019·Twitter for iPhone