All the big box stores are talking about opening on
Thanksgiving around these parts, rushing it do ya think? It is barely past Halloween and I already see
Santa’s at pumpkin patches!! How long
before we start seeing black Fridays in July?
It seems that every year Christmas shopping is getting
earlier and earlier and honestly it’s all about greed. Which big box will get the most sales…Wal-Mart,
Target, or another? But just for a minute
let us think about the poor souls who have to forego Thanksgiving and work just
to make the stockholders richer.
The mom and pop stores of the world are shuttering their
doors more and more and we, the consumers, are to blame.
If no one went to these sales on the morning of
Thanksgiving, they might just wait. If
people didn’t camp out with tents in front of he big box doors, they might just
wait. If our kids didn’t demand toys and
electronics that are available in small quantities (just to make the demand
larger) they might just wait. If
Christmas wasn’t so much about things and instant gratification, they might
just wait.
I know I am steadily sounding like I am the Grinch who
discovered what Christmas was all about, but I didn’t need to steal all the
present in Whoville to come to this revelation.
I’ve always known it and there is no way I will get up from the table,
tell my guests ta-ta and hit the stores on Thanksgiving. And if others would do the same, they might
just wait!
