Every
year during the Thanksgiving, families gather around the table to celebrate the
wonderful things in life that they are thankful for. Joy, love, and warmth
flows through the air. Other than Christmas, this has been my favorite holiday
for most of my life. The holidays gives my family a reason to put aside their
lives and come together to enjoy the presence of one another. The tight-knit feelings born from these
moments is what makes me fall in love with Thanksgiving every
year. However, this feeling that I adored
so much seems to have faded away. This year, Thanksgiving was not thanksgiving.
It felt different; it felt distant. I blame black Friday for this.
My aunts and uncles decided to move
Thanksgiving dinner at 6PM to 2PM so that they'd make it to the frenzy of the
year a.k.a black Friday . This year, Black Friday wasn't black Friday, it was
black Thursday! Sales were starting at 6PM on Thanksgiving! This made me a
little crazy and raged. My reasons being that my family has put sales in front of spending time with one another.
It seems as if greed has taken away the Holidays. Consumers are to blame for the misfortune of Black Friday. In this struggling economy, I could see why Black Friday appeals to so many people. I too love and see the beauty on "great deals" like many others, but is it really worth giving up time with your loved ones? Every year, there is a rush of people coming through the doors. This results in chaos and violence. Retailers hoped to ease this problem by opening their doors much earlier. However, chaos will always follow no matter how earlier. Whether earlier or later, shoppers will always be lined up, ready to fight their way through for the best deals of the year. That's why it's up to people to stop doors from opening up on the day of Thanksgiving. Companies would probably stop opening earlier than they should by lining Black Friday with Thanksgiving Thursday if people stop showing up when the time changes. If companies see that opening up on Thanksgiving is different from opening on Friday, then maybe they would leave Thanksgiving to be a time for families and friends.
It seems as if greed has taken away the Holidays. Consumers are to blame for the misfortune of Black Friday. In this struggling economy, I could see why Black Friday appeals to so many people. I too love and see the beauty on "great deals" like many others, but is it really worth giving up time with your loved ones? Every year, there is a rush of people coming through the doors. This results in chaos and violence. Retailers hoped to ease this problem by opening their doors much earlier. However, chaos will always follow no matter how earlier. Whether earlier or later, shoppers will always be lined up, ready to fight their way through for the best deals of the year. That's why it's up to people to stop doors from opening up on the day of Thanksgiving. Companies would probably stop opening earlier than they should by lining Black Friday with Thanksgiving Thursday if people stop showing up when the time changes. If companies see that opening up on Thanksgiving is different from opening on Friday, then maybe they would leave Thanksgiving to be a time for families and friends.
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In
the end, I'm not against Black Friday. I'm against Black Friday turning in to
Black Thursday. It's just ironic that Thanksgiving, a day for people to be
thankful for what they have, is being slowly replaced by people's desire for a "great
deal" on things they want. Thanksgiving shouldn't have to compete with
sales to keep its meaning. Retailers shouldn't completely erase Black Friday
from the books, because like many others,
I would be saddened by the lost of saving money. Both consumers and
retailers should let Thanksgiving be the day it is meant to be and push back
the hours that the sales start at. Save it for Friday; not Thursday.
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