PEACE ON EARTH GOODWILL TOWARDS....
Well it’s “no name Wednesday and the thought seem to be rolling. Around in my head that somehow this whole. Black Friday thing somehow got turned on it’s head somewhere. Thankfully, we can go a long way. Towards making it better with just a single master stroke on the calendar. You see here’s. How it works now.
We have Black Friday (which has expanded into the two or three weeks before and even runs over. The gratitude. Holiday of Thanksgiving. Now until we change the name to “Thanksbuying” I’m not going to smile a lot about this whole matter (and probably never get any corporate sponsors for things I write—oh well.)
Then we have of. Course “Small Business. Saturday.’ This is an attempt to remind. Folks that there are still craftsman and women who make unique and wonderful products in our community and above all give us a choice of what to buy that has some real meaning. Of course some small businesses can’t make it even when they have a day devote3d to them. On the other hand, have you been through your local mall lately? Where are all the Sears Stores, Younger’s?, Carsons?, Oh and how many blank VHS tapes have you bought lately? Oh and how many movies have you returned to your “Blockbuster?” You see some big businesses and industries disappear too. Anyway we have Black Friday, Small Business Saturday—Sunday you can worship at any retailer or football shrine you’d like and then slide right into ...
Cyber MondayOf course this is handy for people who can’t get out or just don’t want to fake a smile while walking through big box stores who have had their holiday decorations out or on the shelves since the middle of Indian Summer...By the way do native Americans get any royalties for the use of that term maybe some beads or.$24 bucks a year? Okay so after Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday We have started something called. “Giving Tuesday...”. For me personally it’s hard to. Find peace and joy in a calendar that places the day of “giving” AFTER three days devoted to spending on the people we know and spend on the entire. Rest of the year.
Don’t get me wrong... I’m all for giving gifts and getting a few, however why do we put this community charity or nonprofit cause day devoted to building. Our communities at the time when our minds are probably weary and our credit cards are probably in the corner of our purse or wallets melting/.
I just wonder if we wouldn’t all be in a better frame of mind and have.better community resources if we shifted “giving Tuesday to let’s say the. Tuesday sin the week prior to the Black Friday assault? We can do it... we have moved every federal holiday in ther US to a Mondday. Look up some calendar history...all of western civilization has moved things like New Year’s Day and in 1752 we just ripped out 10 days of the calendar and said it’s cool...Well it was cool because it made the whole trip around the sun thing work better, however if my birthday was on one of those days I’d have been pretty torqued off.
Anyway back to my quests for changing Thanksgiving back toward “Giving”. Let’s see if we couldn’t move that day forward. Let’s see if some community minded retailers a would match of double the amount. You gave to a local cause and make that your “Black Friday” discount. So if you gave the Red Cross. $200 then Home Depot would take up to $200 off your Black Friday to Cyber Monday bill?
Okay... go out and buy some cheese..I’ve given you plenty of w(h)ine for one wqeweek and it’s only Whining /Wednesday. . Tomorrow I’m going to wax philosophically about how we can find more peace and joy in almost any medical situation. Until then... seek some peace and. Joy come what may.
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