Thanksgiving Day Crushes Black Friday

Thanksgiving Day shopping gives Black Friday a run for its money.  Some people feel that “Black Friday,” which comes the day after Thanksgiving and is the traditional day when the holiday shopping season kicks off, is in fact, the polar opposite of the spirit of giving thanks, and too often brings out the worst in people. In recent years, headlines of violence by crazed shoppers on Black Friday have made news headlines. Yet, the trend is that Black Friday is beginning earlier each year, with many stores opening very early in the morning and, increasingly, more stores opening on Thanksgiving Day.

A few years ago, protesters began calling for boycotts of stores that open on Thanksgiving, suggesting that the holiday holds certain holiness and purity of spirit that retail stores are trampling on by opening on the holiday. Online and traditional brick and mortar stores, in an effort to increase their holiday sales, keep … Click HERE to continue reading