A heap of advertising inserts spilled out from the newspaper. Some of them publicized shopping hours for later in the day.
That’s right, shopping on Thanksgiving. Which means employees working instead of relaxing with families. And people fixating on so called ‘doorbuster’ sales.
Why can't retailers exercise restraint? They've already conditioned millions of people to shop on the following day, nicknamed Black Friday, an orgy of spending (of which I refuse to participate).
What's happening is an encroachment on a cherished holiday. Shopping hours are confined to the evening, that way, the Thanksgiving dinner is not affected. People will be less apt to raise a stink.
But that doesn’t make it right. In future years, those shopping hours might increase on Thanksgiving. The chipping away is gradual and insidious.
Holidays are vulnerable to encroachments by monied interests.
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