Holidays

So we're now a little over a week into November and this means two things to me. One my birthday is coming up, this year it happens to land on black Friday. Two, the holiday season is fast approaching. Thanksgiving will soon be upon us, and after that Christmas is only a month away. This time of year has different effects on different people, for the most part people tend to act much more cheerful and kindly toward one another. But for all the good they cause in each one of us they also become a time of selfishness, and mindless consumerism. How many of us only think of what we're going to get for Christmas, or what we can get for cheap on black Friday  In fact the mere existence of black Friday should tell you about how far we've gone into commercializing holidays. On Thanksgiving we are all together, with our family, and it's supposed to be a time that we are all grateful and content for all the things we have and are blessed with. But look at it today? Last year I was disgusted to see how many stores were beginning their black Friday sale on Thanksgiving at 10 p.m, but even more disappointing to me was to see how many people went out and did so. I personally even had some family leave our house to go to the mall on Thanksgiving. Is the idea of being grateful and thankful for what we have already so lost on us as a society? Judging by the success of last year I'm afraid that new trend won't end this year, if anything they may even start it earlier, and I'm sad to say if they do there will still be those who go. We already have one majorly commercialized holiday all about shopping and giving presents and that's Christmas. So please America, don't take away another, leave Thanksgiving day out of it. Have black Friday and Christmas, but draw the line somewhere. I want to implore you, my readers to remember what Thanksgiving is, and that's being thankful for what you have and who is with you. So please this year stay home with your families, spend time with them, enjoy their company, be grateful for those who are still with you; at the end of the day you don't know how much longer they'll be there.