Black Friday: Thanksgiving Controversy On Thanksgiving

I wish Black Friday did not exist and that we focused only on Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving for my family is a time for reflection on the past year and celebrate our time together with a well-prepared meal and some football. We all laugh and have a great time. This is exactly how companies succeed and why Black Friday continues to flourish. The term Black Friday refers to retail companies go "into the black," which means make a profit. In our excitement to be with our families, we are already thinking about what to buy for Christmas: the biggest holiday for my family. Thanksgiving puts us in a happy mood because most of us have not seen each other in months. Black Friday is basically a holiday that takes advantage of our happiness getting people to spend a boat load of money to give presents to relatives. …show more content…
Instead of wanting to spend time with our loved ones, we would rather go to the store and buy objects. We only have so much time to spend with each other, yet we leave one of the few times most people can get together to go to the store? The right intentions are there because we are still thinking about each other, but we do not realize that our materialistic side is being exposed. Since people are traveling from all over the country, we should give our undivided attention to each other. It is rare for the entire family to be free and spend time together. I went to Target on Black Friday about five years ago and left our Thanksgiving gathering, with my uncle, to purchase a PlayStation 3. We waited in the cold weather for about an hour and a half just to save forty dollars. After thinking about the idea of Black Friday, I do not really care for it. The things that we buy during Black Friday will most likely be obsolete in a couple of years. But those memories and time spent with your family will be ever