The Black Friday Sham

I was watching the Notre Dame and Boston College game last night when a slew of Christmas commercials hit the TV screen.  My first reaction was ARE YOU FREAKIN' KIDDING ME!  Christmas commercials already?  It's still two weeks or so away from Thanksgiving.  I screamed to my wife, "It seems that every year the Christmas ads come earlier and earlier".  Most stores have simply skipped over Halloween and Thanksgiving and have gone right into Christmas.  In fact, this year most of the stores are selling items at Black Friday prices days before Black Friday.  Sears is running it's Black Friday deals 5 days before the big retail day and Walmart is starting their sales at 8:00pm the night before.  What the hell is going on here?  Even the online stores are jumping the gun.  Nomorerack is currently running a pre Black Friday sale.  Cmon, a pre Black Friday sale.  Before you know it there will be a post Black Friday sale.  Who said they could change the Black Friday rules?  Hell, they might as well have a half way to Black Friday sale in May.  Before you know it, it will be Black Friday every day.  As usual, the tradition of shoppers running a muck and fighting over discounted sales items will become a thing of the past.  Who will ever forget the Cabbage Patch Doll riot in 1983 at Zayre's Department Store in Wilkes-Barre.  That one made national headlines.  AHHHH the good old days of store workers using baseball bats to ward off crazed shoppers.  Now it's no more charging the doors, no more fist fights and no more arrests.  The quest for more money has taken all of the fun out of Black Friday.  The most exciting shopping day of the year has become nothing but a retail sham.

Coming up:  The Top 5 Christmas Toys That Caused Bloodshed.  

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