Shame on shopping "traditions"

[selkit]

People, sit back and think a moment. Are we not already materialistic enough? When it's gotten to the point where a woman is pepper-spraying fellow shoppers just to ensure she can keep a Black Friday bargain, seriously. Has it not gone far enough? Yet people still seriously wonder why protests like Occupy and anti-corporate movements are blossoming

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[capplor]

We do not, and only once have, gone shopping immediately after Thanksgiving. The crowds, the noise, the confusion all combine to set off both of our "don't like crowds" syndromes. Even though, the "bargains" that are offered are actually better in September/October & there's nothing that says that we can't hold Uncle Jack's present in the closet for a few months.

Besides that, we prefer handcrafted gifts over mass-produced items.

[darkblood777]

I generally don't participate in Black Friday nonsense. Though we had a sudden urge for cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie at 11pm on Thanksgiving night... and wouldn't you know it, the only place open was a Walmart Supercenter. Oh god was it crazy!

Though I do have one tradition of mine. Near the end of the holiday season I go to the Galleria Mall to wander around and watch the wildlife... mainly all the shaved monkeys going ape over deals on shiny things.