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Okay, it started two weeks ago. But last night, I watched live TV and noticed all the Black Friday ads. Stores opening at midnight with teasers. Wallmart is rolling out their teasers throughout the day to entice a much faster ebb and flow.
I really dislike November and December.
This week has been an interesting NPR/KBPS week for Thanksgiving related stories. They are making an attempt to divorce the holiday from religion. Most of the stories are cooking related for the "traditional" feast with little or not mention of "giving thanks". A few stories featured non-Christian cultures. One of those was a Navajo story in which the Navajo interviewed spoke about daily thanks giving to their Gods.
There are plenty of rationals about giving thanks to family and friends and so forth, but Thanksgiving is a Christian/religious holiday.
I think one of my upsets about this time of year is the smugness of the Christians who claim this part of the year as theirs. There isn't much room for non-believers in the US anytime, but this time of the year, there is even less.
I really dislike November and December.
This week has been an interesting NPR/KBPS week for Thanksgiving related stories. They are making an attempt to divorce the holiday from religion. Most of the stories are cooking related for the "traditional" feast with little or not mention of "giving thanks". A few stories featured non-Christian cultures. One of those was a Navajo story in which the Navajo interviewed spoke about daily thanks giving to their Gods.
There are plenty of rationals about giving thanks to family and friends and so forth, but Thanksgiving is a Christian/religious holiday.
I think one of my upsets about this time of year is the smugness of the Christians who claim this part of the year as theirs. There isn't much room for non-believers in the US anytime, but this time of the year, there is even less.
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