When does the holiday season begin?

Señora Leibly's Spanish II class is holding a debate to resolve one of the defining questions of our time: does the Christmas season begin before or after Thanksgiving? Working in like-minded groups, students wrote a statement declaring their position on the topic as well as five supporting arguments. In an effort to anticipate what the opposing group might argue they developed five counterarguments and then a statement indicating why each of these is incorrect. The students are doing this completely in Spanish, a big lift at this level of language learning. The spoken portion of the debate will take place in Spanish, too, making this planning all the more important.