By SJ Otto
We stand on the edge of time for
another Black Friday, a corporate consumer holiday designed to send the bold
and adventurous, in the early morning hours of the day, to try and buy cheap
stuff. Yeas cheap is the word. They want all their stuff to be bought cheap,
but at a pace that brings them huge profits.
The corporate captains of our day have
changed the story of a little baby in the manger into a crass orgy of
consumerism and greed. From Thanksgiving until Christmas day, that important
holy day for Christians around the globe, capitalist corporate pirates will be
trying to entice people into buying various products for themselves and as
presents to their friends, relatives and children.
As a child, I understand the joy of
getting new toys on Christmas day. But as I get older I realize that trying to
fulfil my needs, wants and desires from this season are mostly good for the
capitalists who make all the money providing these things. And let's
be serious folks. A lot of what we are enticed to buy is useless crap
that most people don't need. And there are always those items we think we will
enjoy but they become forgotten so quickly.
I'm not a Christian. I do like the
holidays but as an Epicurean. I
celebrate Winter
Solstice rather than Christmas. That is a holiday that allows the same
traditions. (they were taken from early Pagans by the early Christian Church.) But I avoid buying a lot of crap from name
brand stores.
I don't buy many gifts and the ones I
do buy I try to get from small local businesses- not large corporations like
Wal*Mart.
So for me on Black Friday...I'm home
relaxing and drinking a beer.
Frank Zappa/ Mothers- Uncle Bernie's Farm
Bad News - Cashing In On Christmas
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