Well it’s
over!! Once again Thanksgiving has come and the real reason approximately 247
million people celebrate is now over. That’s right, that four-day shopping
frenzy called Black “Friday” is over – Hallelujah!!
Granted the
Marketing gurus have increased the size of it by calling it Gray Thursday,
Black Friday (Uh-Hum and Saturday and Sunday) followed with Cyber-Monday.
Holy Mistletoe
Batman!!
What the
heck ever happened to just driving to Grandma’s, eating too much wonderful food,
playing some chess with Granddaddy, shooting some hoops with the cousins,
taking a turkey-induced nap, watching some football, and enjoying the comedic
styling’s of Uncle Charlie in his slightly drunken stupor later in the evening
(Okay, maybe that last part was just at our house).
But
seriously, I just saw a commercial for Ford saying they were extending their
Black Friday savings through the entire month – REALLY? Do we actually need a
full month of this?
Okay, maybe
I’m a little sensitive to all this, but come on folks; why do we feel this
constant need to save money we don’t have. Remember when the holidays were
about what they are supposed to be about? You know, spending time with family,
eating good food, being thankful for the blessings in our lives, enjoying the
actual holidays and not the spending it with 247 million other holiday shoppers
who are out spending the money they really don’t have because some advertising
schmuck sold us on a bill of goods.
Oh Well, I
guess I will stay on the outside looking in. I’ll continue to spend the
holidays as I have in the past; sitting around the house enjoying the day. I’ll
just keep spending time with family and friends. Eat some great food and watch
some good (and not-so-good) football. And most importantly I’ll be keeping Drunk
Uncle Charlie out of trouble!!
I got to
find the chess set!
Bill
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