First Things RSS Feed - Jeffrey Marlett https://www.firstthings.com/author/jeffrey-marlett en-us Copyright 2025 First Things. All Rights Reserved. ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:54:29 -0500 https://d2201k5v4hmrsv.cloudfront.net/img/favicon-196.png First Things RSS Feed Image https://www.firstthings.com/rss/author/jeffrey-marlett 60 Gridiron Nation https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2009/01/gridiron-nation https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2009/01/gridiron-nation Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500 At least 60 percent of Americans will join in the festival, some with detachment, others ecstatically. On few other days will stores and restaurants be so empty and only on Thanksgiving do Americans eat more food. Every year the Internet buzzes with petitions demanding recognition of the Monday afterward as a federal holiday. Super Bowl Sunday is the highest of high holy days in the church of the NFL.

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