By SJ Otto
The
official holiday season begins with Black Friday and Thanksgiving. Black Friday
officially starts the day after Thanksgiving, which now occurs in more than
just Friday usually way before that Friday and then there is that great
traditional and religious holiday Thanksgiving.
We
could include Halloween as the beginning of the holiday season, but that day is
more of a tradition that does not conger up as much money as Black Friday does.
Thanksgiving is not a real big money maker, either, but it comes the day before
the tradition of Black Friday and that allows for a paired holiday that
provides religious tradition as well as consumerism, capitalism, gluttony and
an orgy of gift buying and selling. While the average citizen sees the holidays
as a chance for families and friends to come together out of love and
generosity, which includes gift giving to our relatives and friends, it is also
a scam for corporate America
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving claims to
have its roots in Plymouth Rock in the 17th century. But that event has little
to do with the holiday we celebrate today. Native American Indians and white
settlers from Europe came together to
celebrate a difficult year, where the settlers were helped by the Native
Americans, who helped them grow corn and other new world vegetables. There was
three days of feasting on native plants and animals, such as fish and deer,
corn and pumpkins. There were also games played. It was a real big bash. From
that event until the 20th century, people found various reasons to
get together and celebrate a kind of “end of the harvest” celebration.
The
holiday we celebrate today was officially established in 1941. A “Thanksgiving”
celebration has taken place from various days of the years and inspired by
various events, such as the end of the Civil War. This took place of and on
throughout US Europe came together to feast
and party with Native American Indians. For most of our history after that this
country fought at least two Indian wars and Native American Indians didn’t
enjoy all of the benefits of being American citizens until the early 20th
century, when they were finally declared to be US citizens.
For a
truly ghoulish look at the Thanksgiving holiday see: “American Thanksgiving: A
Pure Glorification of Racist Barbarity” –from Humans
are Free.
There
are some groups of people who find it barbaric to celebrate a holiday by
killing a bird and eating it. Some people are vegetarians and don’t take part
in eating a dead bird. Some religions oppose eating and killing dead animals.
Pix
from People | HowStuffWorks.
Black
Friday
Each
year I write about Black Friday, that
fabricated holiday that corporate and capitalist leaders came up with to
promote an orgy of gift buying and selling. To be honest, many people take part
in the Christmas season mostly out of a combination of family tradition and
religion. Black Friday is promoted as a part of the Christmas season. People
buy gifts out of generosity for their family and friends. Capitalist, corporate
leaders see this as a great opportunity to cash in and make a lot of money. I
started writing about this earlier
this month. Black
Friday is a truly American idea. It is raw capitalism, a tribute to greed,
excess and gluttony.
In
years past people got up early, around 4am, the day after Thanksgiving, to go
to the malls and stores to get really cheap deals on everything from cars,
trucks, TVs, and stereo sound equipment (just about everything is on sale that
day). Since the internet is changing the way people shop, many stores are
opening up Black Friday days earlier. They make up all kinds of sales for just
about any item a person may want.
Santa Claus Used to be a
spirit of generosity and gift giving. Today he represents raw capitalism.
The
rigid rules against promoting tobacco go back to the 1950s and before that time
all kinds of lovable characters promoted its use, even Fred Flintstone.
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