Author Topic: Shopping on Thanksgiving (Read 2804 times)

Matthew · « **on:** November 23, 2013, 09:19:52 AM »

It's true that Thanksgiving isn't a Holy Day, but it IS an American "holiday" where people take time off work to spend time with family.

It just seems like the force of commercialization marches on, constantly pushing the boundaries.

It's undeniable.

To give you an example of concrete progress they have made: Just in 2013 companies started having Black Friday deals throughout the whole month of November.

I can say accurately that as of right now, the Christmas shopping season starts the day after Halloween, or November 1st. They might have a hard time getting it to start before Halloween (let's face it -- the ambiances of Halloween and Christmas are pretty much opposites!), but I have seen Christmas stuff in some stores as early as September.

Matthew · « **Reply #1 on:** November 23, 2013, 09:21:08 AM »

You know, you could replace "Thanksgiving" with "Sunday", "family" with "God", and "holiday" with "day of rest".

jen51 · « **Reply #2 on:** November 23, 2013, 09:33:10 AM »

No shopping on Thanksgiving for me, even if I wanted to. I live a town of 1600 people. Every storefront is shut down. Hooray!!

Matthew · « **Reply #3 on:** November 23, 2013, 09:46:11 AM »

All those businesses trying to have a 3 month "Christmas" season need to take a few minutes to read the classic tale, "Christmas Every Day":

http://www.classicreader.com/book/3743/1/

I think they could learn a lot about the concept of "too much of a good thing", etc.

For example, I note that most people grow weary of Christmas music after about 30 days of listening to it.

So if you fire up the Christmas music on Thanksgiving, then you'll be sick of it by ...about Christmas Day. Diabolical!

Dolores · « **Reply #4 on:** November 23, 2013, 10:40:38 AM »

I agree 100%. It's had been so bad that Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years Day were the only days that people in the United States were guaranteed to have off of work to spend with their families. Now, Thanksgiving is going away. All in the name of a few hours of more revenue. It is sickening.