And to think that FDR’s attempt to declare Thanksgiving a week earlier to extend the holiday shopping season was so unpopular he had to retract it.
Are we really so obsessed with “stuff” that crowds will camp out at the door to insure a place in line? The stampede and desperate physical jostling to grab a phone, a t.v., an electronic toy is a sad picture of us as a society and a dehumanizing, base image that reflects poorly of both the store and its customers.
I hope people eventually realize the “black Friday” mayhem as the crass behavior it is.

Well, monster, as you probably know, I’ve undergone two life-or-death intensive operations. If not for them, I’d have been worm food for over a year now.
Instead, I got to see my loved ones with their lives intact and secure; got to keep in touch with friends; still got a roof over my head — Take my word, phones and TVs don’t compare with what a blessing is.

You are right, cat, life and family over stuff. I’m sure that, to some of the “shoppers” in Mike’s video, that toy they give the kids on Christmas is that much more precious if they can include a snapshot of themselves shoving some old lady to the floor in pursuit of the Spirit of Christmas. “God bless us everyone.”

Another benefit was that all you had to do to watch it was plug it in. Now we pay for the privilege of receiving 2 to 3 hundred channels of which maybe 10 are worth watching. I’m tired of “welfare for unwanted networks”.

I just wait until a week before Christmas and get a bunch of gift cards. Then everyone can get EXACTLY what they want and usually at a deep cut sales price. My family members are in the check out line when everybody else is in the returns line that is wrapped around the building. Problem solved.