What's The Deal Thanksgiving Blend?

Every year, since Starbucks first released their incredibly limited edition Thanksgiving blend, it has been a race to get ahold of some. The first year it came out, we made the mistake of assuming it would still be around after Thanksgiving day - and on sale. Wrong. Totally vanished without a trace. Last year we got lucky and were able to pick some up after Thanksgiving day, but only because Alabama doesn't have as many coffee snobs as Retiree-ville, Florida I guess.

Fast forward to a couple days ago, The dear Hubbsters wanted to surprise me with a pound for my birthday which is almost a week before Thanksgiving. Plenty early to pick some up. Ahhh wrong again. This year, Starbucks decided to stop selling it a week before Thanksgiving and stock the Christmas Blend early. Keith called every Starbucks in the area (about 5 I think, maybe more) and was able to lay claim to the last pound in Brevard - at a humble Target Starbucks location. Sheesh.

And so, as I sit here and sip my rare, hard to get caffeinated cup, I wonder what's up with that Starbucks? Do you, or do you not want me to give thanks for your masterfully blended beans as I savor pumpkin pie? Would it be too much to ask to have Thanksgiving Blend on Thanksgiving? Maybe my thinking is way off here, but it seems absurd to force me to purchase it weeks in advance only to experience a stale, lifeless version of what is the Thanksgiving Blend goodness - on Thanksgiving day. And for what? an extra week of Christmas Blend sales? I do make it a point not to begin my Christmas festivities until Thanksgiving has passed. So stop shoving the Christmas blend down my throat until - well - Christmas, and then by all means, you can shove away!