One of my Thanksgiving traditions is pouring over the sales ads for Black Friday. Everyone is in a turkey and dressing coma and I open the paper. I always check the Best Buy, Target and Walmart. And then, I check anything else that catches my eye. I used to do the whole 'go stand in line at 4 in the morning freezing my butt off', butttt now the great world wide web allows me to get really good deals without getting out of my jammies.
With all that being said, today I got an email from Best Buy. It was their Black Friday ad....whaaaa? Uh, last time I checked Thanksgiving is still two weeks away. Things keep getting earlier and earlier. Pretty soon stores will be starting Christmas displays right after Easter. This makes me sad. Our society is focused too much on commercialism. Yes, I am one of those that will not decorate for Christmas until after Thanksgiving. Even though I don't celebrate Thanksgiving myself; I still celebrate the ideals and the symbolism of the day.
With so many 'leaks' (I think companies are the ones that "leak" them), one of my traditions is slowly dying. Boo!
I am joining my friend Paula blog about Thanksgiving everyday in November.
I look at the ads, but I don't shop the sales. I tried it once, and it was awful. I agree that stores are getting pretty ridiculous about putting the ads out early.
ReplyDeleteI haven't really shopped in years either. I like looking at the ads to see if there is anything I need to haul my butt out of bed at 3 in the morning for. When Elexis was small I did it a couple of years, but other than that...I will wait for cyber Monday.
DeleteI never buy things that have Black Friday sales. Which is disappointing, I always wanted the excitement of Black Friday.
ReplyDeleteWhen I did it a few years ago, it really is fun, but highly stressful. I liked the part of waiting in line because you usually make friends with the people around you. But, as soon as those doors open all friendships are off (even if you go with your actual friends...ha). The last time I went, I waited an hour in line at Kohl's to pay...not worth it.
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