I could never understand it. The very next day after Thanksgiving, which marks an almost religious event whereby colonists realized that they would not survive the winter without gifts from their Indian neighbors, that contrasts with the hedonistic frenzy of buying stuff in a canibalistic ritual - me, me, me.
It has cabal overtones that match the Christmas/Xmas thing that happened - eliminating Christ from Christmas, and making it all about the gifts under the tree, bought during the Black Friday (Why name it that? - the story is that that was when businesses went into the 'black' from being in the 'red', but it feels like there is another meaning).
Anyway, who wants to go and partake of it? Not me. When I see 'Black Friday sale' I steer away from it, even online.
I could never understand it. The very next day after Thanksgiving, which marks an almost religious event whereby colonists realized that they would not survive the winter without gifts from their Indian neighbors, that contrasts with the hedonistic frenzy of buying stuff in a canibalistic ritual - me, me, me.
It has cabal overtones that match the Christmas/Xmas thing that happened - eliminating Christ from Christmas, and making it all about the gifts under the tree, bought during the Black Friday (Why name it that? - the story is that that was when businesses went into the 'black' from being in the 'red', but it feels like there is another meaning).
Anyway, who wants to go and partake of it? Not me. When I see 'Black Friday sale' I steer away from it, even online.