Thanksgiving Fades to Black
It’s like a cruel joke. A single day out of the year traditionally established to invoke our better angles to give thanks for what we have and to recognize all that makes our lives better, followed immediately by a retail thrust which results in a mad dash of consumer gimme and greed.
Granted, Black Friday is nothing new. It happened last year and many years before that. Still, it seems somewhat hypocritical and rather unseemly that before a dent is made in the Thanksgiving leftovers and with the flowery words of grace still floating in the ethers, priorities and values take a 180-degree turn and it’s every man, woman and child for their shopping selves.
With the sentiments of Thanksgiving clearly behind us, we can now participate in Black Friday and similar such bargain days for the next month. And during that time we can look forward with optimism to Christmas day when we’ll collectively acknowledge peace on earth and goodwill towards one another; at least for a day.
November 25th, 2005 at 3:40 pm
Be thankful that there are a few days of peace, for many don’t have those days. Love
November 25th, 2005 at 9:48 pm
I am happy to participate in today as “Buy Nothing Day.”
November 26th, 2005 at 7:22 am
I was thankful that I didn’t go out yesterday. It ruins both the Thanksgiving and Christmas spirits.
*HUGS*
November 28th, 2005 at 7:29 am
yeah black friday is *crazy*… my fiance went out and snagged both a tv and a printer w/ no problem… but he said that at best buy someone got run over in the parking lot!
hope you had a great thanksgiving, kane!
November 28th, 2005 at 11:51 am
Such a greed-fest. I’m glad that others are now stopping to re-evaluate their shopping habits and are working on putting it in perspective. I’ve ranted about greed/shop-a-thons forever.
But to what end?
Some folks are asked by their sweet little grandmothers or other family to take them shopping on Black Friday and what are you going to do? You slap on a smile and say, “Let me get my coat!”