I almost rolled up my window and drove away. When did "Black Friday" become a holiday? I don't even remember it having a name until a couple years ago. Until then, there was a general understanding among the Sane of this Earth, that one only left the house on Friday after Thanksgiving in the most desperate circumstances--you were in labor, or choked on a turkey bone--lest you get caught up in the rush of madwomen at Toys R Us who would pound one another for the right to purchase a Cabbage Patch Doll.
Forgive me for being a curmudgeon. I'm still trying to get rid of stuff that I've accumulated with much less effort and cash.
The Anchoress also has a post on the Black Friday problem, along with some good gift ideas for the person who has everything.
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I'm going to go read those articles, but let me just say that I am a fellow curmudgeon. I can't stand the whole idea of "Black Friday." It irritates me even further this year because of all the retailers that opened on Thankgiving evening. When I heard that I thought "you have got to be kidding me!" I just want to give up on the whole idea of Christmas (in the commercial, gift-sense) because the worship of stuff is getting so out of control. I'm telling you, those Amish look more and more appealing each day. I should petition Rome to begin a new rite called "Catholic Amish" tradition. :)
Ditto for me with the anti-black Friday sentiments.
Sorry to be a downer here, but I had this strange thought when I read this post. Even with all the Black Friday ads, it didn't occur to me until I read " I don't even remember it having a name until a couple years ago" that it's apropos for my family to call it black Friday because my Mom died 3 years ago early Friday morning after Thanksgiving. I don't know why, since you don't reference death--just the Holy Spirit spoke out of your words. And here's how quickly things have changed-- just 3 years ago, things weren't so open all night. I drove through the night to OH to try to get there, and I tried to stop at a Starbucks in IN and was mildly shocked it was closed, but thought appropriate for midnight on Thanksgiving. This year it was probably open.
I'm sorry for your loss, Nancy. I believe that would make the day seem darker for me too.
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