The Black Friday Frenzy Is Creeping into Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Day is no longer a sacred holiday. Some retailers have preempted and upstaged it by trying to get a jumpstart on “Black Friday” and opening on Thanksgiving Thursday! Three years ago when this trend started, stores opened at 9 PM or midnight, but this year many stores are pushing the envelope and opening Thanksgiving morning. Sadly, millions of people plan a quick “Thank you God for this meal,” which they’re gulping down to be the first in line for the “can’t miss, one-time-only, one-hour-only bargains.” Seriously? These stores run sales year round and even more at every holiday. And financial analysts show that many of those stores opening on Thanksgiving are underperforming and want us to help them get back into the black. Again, I ask, “Seriously?” 1. Instead of focusing an entire day on thanking God for providing all we need and already have (something we should do every day) there’s a frenzied rush to acquire more than we need. 2. Store workers no longer enjoy an entire holiday off. While shoppers are trampling each other for the “only-while-supply-lasts deals,” store employees have had to skip dessert to get back to work. 3. It’s definitely not God enticing crazed consumers to go shopping on a day set aside to thank Him for life, provision, and freedom. So if it isn’t God...who else would it be whispering in ears, “Did God really say you shouldn’t go shopping on Thanksgiving? He just doesn’t want you to get that great deal.” Hmmm seems like a conversation something like that took place in the Garden of Eden. 4. How long will it be before after-Christmas sales start Christmas afternoon? If shoppers really support the opening of stores on Thanksgiving . . . it’s only a matter of time.
Posted on: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 14:20:42 +0000
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