Well, it’s already the day after Thanksgiving. And you’re gonna see tons of commercials for so-called “Black Friday” deals. But I’m here to tell you the Black Friday notion starting dying out when the e-commerce was born on the good ol’ world wide web.
So, now, every day can be as black as the day after Thanksgiving.
And, that’s why a few years ago I wrote about how the Funderburk household doesn’t fall for or buy into the “biggest savings of the year” or “huge holiday savings” silliness. What I wrote then is probably even more appropriate now. Here’s what I said…
OK, say it with me:
Today is the day I will not…
- Go into the red to help someone else get in the black
- Pay lots more in the future for what I take home now
- Stand in line for something that will be there next week at the same price
- Become part of a frenzied crowd or mob
- Change my mind about what’s a truly good deal
- Allow any hype to change my mood or my attitude
- Buy into the retail message of Christmas while forfeiting the real message”
Today is the day after Thanksgiving here in America.
For my money, that’s the only sensible way of looking at it. I’ve seen lots of advertising and marketing for Black Friday. And listen to me now. Because it’s so unnecessary.
Retailers would have you believe that continuing to visit with your friends, family, and relatives is such an awful strain. And oh, so boring. Malls, department stores, and online marketers want you to buy like no other day of the year can possibly match the “bargains” of today.
Poppycock. Balderdash. Gobbledygook. And codswallop.
Today is the day for traditional retailers to kick off their “season” of selling to make up for the rest of the year. This is the day they hope to begin to climb out of the red and into the black. You want to know the most ironic part of it? Many of those retailers (by no means all) are not Christians. They don’t believe or trust in God. And they even think we Christians are small-minded fools. But they’re more than willing to take the fool’s money.
I’m not at all for taking the gift-giving out of Christmas. I love getting and giving gifts. But I just don’t want anyone to be able to profit from my faith in God, in one hand, while they thumb their nose at Him with the other. And I certainly don’t want to buy into the hype that today is the day the year’s best bargains appear.
Feel free to totally disregard my heartfelt tips.
Because I know it’s fun to go out and shop right now since the Christmas music is playing. And the decorations are popping out everywhere. But as for me and my household (on this day after Thanksgiving), I think we’ll skip the hype.
This minute is your minute.
Go ahead and jump in it.
One sparkle and one twinkle,
One snowflake and one sprinkle.
Be sunny and be cheerful.
Skip worried and skip fearful.
Keep smiling and keep living.
This minute is for giving.
© 2013
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