Simple Object to return Christmas and Thanksgiving as Date and query if its the Christmas holiday season

holiday.rb

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class Christmas

  attr_reader :christmastime, :christmas, :usa_thanksgiving

  def initialize
    @christmastime = is_christmastime?
  end

  def is_christmastime?(seed_date = Date.today, padding = 0)
    ((usa_thanksgiving - padding)..christmas).cover?( seed_date )
  end

  def christmas
    Date.parse("25-12-#{Time.now.year}")
  end

  def usa_thanksgiving
    nov_1 = Date.parse("1-11-#{Time.now.year}")
    (nov_1..(nov_1 + 7)).reduce(nov_1) do |a,x|
      return a + 21 if a.thursday?
      a += 1; a
    end
  end

end