"Its a federal holiday so eventually they will blame Bush"
And it's the only religion based federal holiday to boot. They won't blame Bush, that's too much of a stretch even for atheists. They'll want to keep the holiday but rename it winter break as they have in the schools. I wonder when they will petition to outlaw the term "holiday" because of it's religious conotations? Are you out there lurking Mr Nudow?
The latest renaming try is underway here in California by a major supermarket chain referring to Thanksgiving as Harvest Festival. I'm sure this term will grow in usage as the word "Thanksgiving" implies a Someone as a recepient of the giving of thanks. We can't have that.