Thanksgiving is such a hollow holiday. What's the point in spending all day cooking a big, expensive piece of poultry just to have it eaten by a family that you feel obligated to be invite to dinner? Nine out of ten people can't even tell you the true meaning of the day. Not that it matters anyway, because the "true meaning" of Thanksgiving was distorted by Franklin Roosevelt during the depression to help stimulate the economy. It's kind of like modern day Christmas is about giving and getting rather than the Holy Spirit and whatnot.
The beginning of Christmas is, of course, marked by Thanksgiving. From here until the 25th of December people will be frantically shopping, caroling, and otherwise spreading "holiday joy." Does Christmas really need a whole month to build up to inevitable disappointment and failure? Christmas should start on December 25 and end the same day. Put up the tree in the morning and take it down at night. That would be so much better than the whole month and a half long greedfest that it is now.
Black Friday, however is a great day. It combines spectacular deals with melee combat shopping to create a really great time for everyone. When else can you get $1000 worth of merchandise for $400 or less? That is, assuming you get in line at 5 AM and wait around for the store to open. Online deals are great too, but you have to be a pretty fast clicker online at exactly midnight to get anything worthwhile.
Now if you'll all excuse me, I have a nice, big dinner to eat.
Article by Rich Moore
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3 comments:
this is depressing.....
Sorry. I didn't mean for it to be, but I was in kind of a lousy mood when I wrote it.
Well, it definitely is a bleak outlook on the holidays, but cynic that I am I have to admit it's very realistic. I try to make more out of my Christmas (more traditional), and I don't celebrate Thanksgiving. However, I did live in the states and I know what it's like...
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