I don't hit the malls on the day after Thanksgiving. After having put in a few years in retail during the hoilday season, any small amount of joy I might have taken in the hype, the sales, and the "official" start of the holiday season got ground out of me.
Plus, it's really getting crazy out there in shopping-land. Last night, as we drove home from dinner, I saw a line of people already waiting outside the CompUSA in San Mateo. There's something seriously wrong with you if you feel the need to stand outside in the cold all Thanksgiving night just so that you can buy some discounted electronics at a sale the next morning. What's next, taking the whole family to stand on line all Thanksgiving day and eating your turkey in a pup tent in the parking lot, just so you can be first in line?
Pure insanity, as far as I am concerned.
However, I'm not a hardcore Buy Nothing Day person, either. I did venture out to Trader Joe's to buy a gallon of milk and some crackers late this afternoon.
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I did not venture out at all. I found it somewhat irritating that people had to leave early on Thanksgiving day so they could be in lines by 3 am for sales that last from 5 - 10 am. What ever happened tao the joy of Christmas? I was also surprised that the radio started playing Christmas songs before we got through Thanksgiving. :p
Posted by artistry | November 25, 2006 5:58 PM
Before the end of Thanksgiving?
Try before the end of Halloween.
That's when you see the real sickness of the season creeping in.
But oh well. It just gives me an even better feeling when some yahoo corrects my "Happy Holidays" with "Merry Christmas, you mean." and I follow up with "And Yuletide Blessings to you as well."
At least 90% give me the look of death. And that brings great warmth to my heart for getting in that one bit of revenge for having to listen to four different renditions of Jingle Bell Rock every time I even glance at a mall.
Posted by Off Colfax | November 25, 2006 10:44 PM
What does Skawt want for his Birthday? This way I'm sure I won't get it for him.
Posted by Dexter Herron | November 25, 2006 10:45 PM