The Horror of Black Friday

                  For weeks and weeks before Thanksgiving, the average person hears up to 3 Black Friday Sales commercials either on the radio, TV , or even in the newspaper. This is ridiculous. People trample over each other, get into fights, and steal for their Black Friday items. Every year, new incidences come up on the news about how someone was arrested or how someone was in a serious injury. But is it really worth it?
                    Since 1924, the traditional "seasonal holiday shopping" was sparked after many American families ate their Thanksgiving meal and watched the famous Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. According to BlackFriday.Com, the term "black" came from the reference "to stores moving from the “red” to the “black,” back when accounting records were kept by hand, and red ink indicated a loss, and black a profit". Ever since then, store owners witnessed the beauty of Black Friday and began to bring up sale commercials weeks before Thanksgiving.
                    The "traditional" way to open the stores on Black Friday is at Mid-night after Thanksgiving day, however, many stores have realized the other side of the crazy teenagers and customers, the mothers.Mothers of young children generally don't have time to go out at midnight just to catch the sales, so stores such as JCPenny , BedBath&Beyond, and Target open up early around 8pm. Their slogan as "why wait until midnight" to attract those who have work the next morning, babysitters who cant stay past 10 and people who honestly don't want to wait until midnight in the cold.
                    Black Friday isn't just a tradition in The US, Canada also has a "Black Friday which they call "Boxing Day". Boxing day, however, is the day after Christmas instead of Thanksgiving. There are pros and cons to this date because many people go black Friday shopping in order to buy presents for people to give on Christmas but why trample over people in greed right after you name the 10 things you're grateful for? The pros and cons with after Christmas are the great sales for unwanted items that can be used in the future however, you can not buy them for that years Christmas to give away.
                   There is nothing wrong with going black Friday shopping but I think people should be more considerate of what they buy and how they get it. For example, after dinner and saying your thanks, go to the store to buy clothes and gifts for others, not for yourself.