Several big chain stores are opening at 7 or 8 pm Thanksgiving.. get an early start on the Black Friday deals! And you have idiots who have been camping out for days now to be first in line at some of these places.
Then I got an ad in the mail today from Meijer (a midwestern Walmart-type chain) promoting their THURSDAY (i.e., Thanksgiving Day) ONLY sale .. starting at 6AM!!!!!
If this kind of nonsense actually catches on, I wonder how many years before Thanksgiving itself is diminished as a true holiday, meant for sharing time and energy and food and love with family and those we love most.
I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?"
Death thought about it.
CATS, he said eventually. CATS ARE NICE.
-- Terry Pratchett (1948—2015), Sourcery
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