The Black Friday Paradox
Call me what you want. Call me an old fogey, call me a closed- minded individual, but I simply do not understand Black Friday. It has always puzzled me that America’s biggest retail holiday of the year takes place only one day after we are supposed to be counting our blessings. It seems completely nonsensical. What kind of example do you think that sets for your kids? You talk a good game on Thanksgiving, encouraging everyone to name things they are thankful for, but after dinner, when the turkey coma kicks in and claims your kids, you run to the store like your pants are on fire. All thoughts of gratitude flee your head as your eyes zero in on that must-have item of the season. Your sole objective becomes liberating the newest tech toy from the prison of your local electronics store. One must consider the holiday that actually takes precedence here, the one where we eat turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce and Great-Grandma’s steel-strength pie crust for afters, or the one where we ge