THE NOTION THAT BLACK FRIDAY IS FOR SHOPPING IS A THROW BACK TO A PAST ERA THAT SIMPLY DOES NOT EXIST... BUT NOTIONS DIE HARD...AND NO ONE WANTS TO ADMIT REALITY...
FIRST...AMERICANS SHOP EVERYDAY...24/7...
ITS NOT A MATTER OF THROWING MA AND THE YOUNGUNS IN THE BACK OF THE WAGON AND "GOING TO TOWN" FOR AN ANNUAL SHOPPING SPREE...
AMERICANS HAVE SHOPPED THEMSELVES INTO BANKRUPTCY ... EVERYONE HAS EVERYTHING THEY NEED...AND THOSE THAT DON'T HAVE ISSUES ABOUT MONEY, JOBS...OR JUST NOT KNOWING WHAT THEY WANT...
THE UNEMPLOYED CAN GO TO THE MALL ANYTIME...NOT JUST ON BLACK FRIDAY...
AND MUCH OF THE SMART MONEY NOW SHOPS ONLINE TO AVOID PAYING SALES TAX...
THE SHOPPING MALL IS GOING THE WAY OF THE BANK TELLER...
AND BLACK FRIDAY IS INCREASINGLY AN HISTORIC ANOMALY FOR MOST PEOPLE... SORT OF LIKE THE "SATURDAY NIGHT BATH" BEFORE CHURCH ON SUNDAY...
ITS LIKE A RELIGIOUS CEREMONY.... OR SOME HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION... WHEREIN WE "HONOR" AN ANCIENT EVENT THAT NO ONE REALLY REMEMBERS...
BUT SOMEHOW CAN'T QUITE FORGET...
