Black Friday is notjust a word, an Event but has become a Cultural thing
What kind of message does this bring?
What does this say?
About our Society? The day?
Most businesses have been opened for 24/7, one can shop in stores or online,
At any time,
The Millennials don't recall the days when stores were closed on Thanksgiving
Where families and friends sat around, appreciate the food on the table and togetherness they've been given,
Spent time,
After they all did dine,
After the Macy's Parade
And the Thanksgiving Feast that together some of them made,
All the time in the kitchen, cooking the bird and all the side dishes,
Counting their blessings, saying prayers and making wishes,
Turkey, ham stuffing, potatoes and cranberry,
Pumpkin pie, hot biscuits, coffee,tttttttttttttttttttea,soda,wine, beer and being Merry
Qualitytime, attitude of gratitude, Three hour conversations, and eating some more,
Telling one another what they are grateful for
Instead they look forward to going to the stor.
Instead of severing every bite
They plan on shopping on Gray Thursday night,
They don't enjoy the food they devour, chat and laugh,
They look forward the the stores reducing their prices in half,
And often the percentage is higher,
When it gets down to the wire,
They don't have quality conversation, play board games like Monopoly, Life and clue, or watch TV,
Sing songs, sit by the fireplace, or decorate the tree,
Or loosen their belts and take a nap,
Many have fallen into the trap,
With the Economy being so bad and budgets so tight,
Many start the big Holiday shopping Thursday night,
Many want to run out and take advantage of the wicked deals everywhere,
Little time together they do share
What happened to time together? slowing down?,talking?,eating?,having apple or pumpkin pie with whip topping?,
Now it seems more about finding the wicked deals and shopping.
Many already know what are the hot ticket items from looking at the paper or in their-mail inbox,
Or on TV, the network channels or CNN, maybe not so much Fox
Black Friday, Walmart, Target, Home Depot and Lowe's
Buying gifts, boxing packages with ribbon and bows,
Sears, Best Buy and radio Shack,
People running racing, fighting to grab items off the rack
Standing in line at 5 a: M to be first in the door, to be one of the first 100 Customers,
They don't care,
Some will argue, push and shove
Attack another, all, to get gifts for ones they love
Is that love? Or being grateful for all we have and got?
What are we being taught?
About Thanksgiving and the Holiday season?
Many are forgetting the real reason,
And the true meaning of the day,
For some, it's just about overeating and watchingFootball, their favorite teams play.
It's been so commercialized for many years now! but it's now gotten out of hand,
Finding nice gifts and saving money, I get, I do understand,
That, we all want to do for those people that are close and dear to our hearts,
But is it about standing in line all night? And filling our carts?
Looking for bargains, in the paper? social media? And our podcast feeds?
To get the best deals? And leads?
To surf the net?
To break the bank? And go more in debt?
All to make another Happy on Christmas Day!?
What is this world coming too? Especially the United States, The Land of the free and Home of the Brave
Are we so materialistic, just so we can save?
Again, I understand, the need to save time and resources, we all have mortgages rent and other bills to pay
Every day,
Medical, car, phone and cable
Buying clothes, school supplies and put food on the table,
I think not! But that's just my view,
What about you?
What about the true meaning of Thanksgiving and Christmas, Christ's Birth,
Having Faith, Being loving, caring and down to earth,
Following the 10 Commandments Love the Lord, God with all your Heart, soul andddddddddddddddd mind,
Have faith, being, loyal and kind,
Love your Neighbor, like yourself,
Instead, many are Being rude, cruel to other shoppers, have raised blood pressure, not well for one's mental health
Its notjust Black Friday but we now have Gray Thursday and Cyber Monday, its ridiculous! Out of control and something I don't like to see, but don't think it will change anytime soon, its part of the fabric of our Society
For you and me,
It's here to stay
and much different has become Thanksgiving Day.,
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