I was going to write something about Black Friday, the scourge which threatens to take over Thanksgiving with its spirit of greed instead of thanks, but this rant is so well written, I’m just going to reblog it here. I couldn’t have said it better myself.
Or: Ready, Set, CONSUME.
Thanksgiving is upon us, which can only mean one thing – Black Friday is back, ready to blow your sanity to bits with door-buster deals. Don’t get me wrong, I love a bargain as much as anyone else, and have found myself wading through rabid crowds in the cold dawn more than I would care to admit. I don’t really take issue with Black Friday. The way in which it has usurped Thanksgiving and what that says about our culture is what I find problematic.
Look, a dead horse!
I’ve never been one for crowds, so perhaps that is the root of my general disdain for this holiday of consumerism. Thanksgiving has been my favorite holiday since I was a child. I have all kinds of warm and fuzzy memories of giant family Thanksgiving meals long past. As an adult, more often than not, my wife and I host our families for…
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Huzzah! Thanks for the reblog!
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you’re welcome!
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I hate black Friday and the mindless commercialism it represents.
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I refuse to have anything to do with it.
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Now cyber Monday I am okay with, lol.
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How do those people have so much money to spend hundreds on crap?
I can barely afford the Thanksgiving meal and bought my turkey three weeks ago to make sure I’d have one.
The whole fiasco disgusts me.
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I agree. I hate the whole idea of it. So typical in our N society though, that a “holiday” based on greed is taking over one based on gratitude. People eating turkey and then leaving to rush out to stores to get the best deals ON THANKSGIVING, is disgusting.
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