No Respect

The holiday season has been creeping up on us since November 1st. I think it's kind of sad that as soon as Halloween is over, Christmas starts (and I say Christmas because I don't see very many menorahs out this time of year). There is no recognition for Thanksgiving in America, even though that should be the most celebrated holiday because it represents the fact that the pilgrims made peace with the Native Americans, and settled here for the first time in harmony. Thanksgiving is also a time to be thankful for all of the things (materialistic or not) that we have in our lives. The fact that the Christmas season starts immediately after Halloween I feel is partially to blame all of the department stores. They immediately start putting out holiday decorations and play holiday tunes in their store. Suddenly the average consumer is overwhelmed with red and green and "Christmas cheer" that Thanksgiving goes unnoticed until the actual day of. 

There is no respect for the turkey!! I also don't think it's very helpful that there are minuscule Thanksgiving decorations, but that doesn't mean people have to just skip the holiday? At least wait until December to spread you're Christmas cheer. PLEASE. 

I also find it quite ironic that after we're done being thankful for what we have, our society goes to war at 3 in the morning for material things because "they have to get the deals". Quite sad actually. Ya know, most of the deals go on for the day. Most of them end around 2 or 3 pm and there is still a lot of things in the store. AND, you don't have to run into all the crazy ass people in the morning because they came, they saw, they took, and they went home at 6 in the morning. So here's an idea, get up at say, 7 or 8, and then mosey you're way through the stores. I promise you will have a much more relaxing Black Friday.

So in summary: respect the turkey, ease up on Christmas, and go Black Friday shopping at 8 in the morning instead of 3.