Every year it is the same thing. Every year everyone in the US celebrates Thanksgiving. They all come to join together to eat and celebrate and to show thanks. Right? Well sit back and think about this for minute. Every year the Friday after Thanksgiving everyone goes out shopping on what is called Black Friday. But over the last few years, Black Friday has been celebrated on Thanksgiving. Is this taking away true meaning of Thanksgiving? Thanksgiving is a time to be thankful. But it seems now we all are just eager to just hurry up with Thanksgiving and then go shopping for Black Friday. Growing up I remember it was we celebrated Thanksgiving all day with friends and family, and on Friday, people would go out and do Black Friday shopping. But is it really worth it? Is Thanksgiving starting to become a lie or a joke? With people doing Black Friday on Thanksgiving, it makes no-sense to do Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is a time to be thankful, but, if we celebrate thanksgivings and then turn around, could we maybe be faking being thankful or are we losing the true purpose of Thanksgiving? Black Friday is just a ploy for companies to make more money before December. There way to get ahead of the Christmas season. So is Black Friday even necessary or Should we all just rid of it? Is Black Friday replacing Thanksgiving? Could this be the end of Thanksgiving as we speak? What do you think?
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This really is an interesting topic to think about. I don’t think that this early celebration is unique to Thanksgiving, as Halloween and Christmas decorations have been hitting the shelves earlier and earlier too, but it is an issue. “Cyber Monday” has also begun to take up the entire weekend following Black Friday, so it might be that companies just want to cash in on the holiday spirit. Black Friday sales bring more people into their stores than Thanksgiving, which finds people at home with their families.
Exactly. It’s like Thanksgiving is starting to become a thing of pretending to be thankful and then turn around go on a shopping spree. At least it is from my perspective.