On Nov 25, 2010, at 5:29 PM, Michael Luscombe wrote: > Would anyone like to offer an explanation of why U.S. Thanksgiving is a > shopping extravaganza of such epic proportions? > > I mean, we have Thanksgiving here in October, but we really just have the > turkey dinner. No gifts, cards, shopping, etc. > > I don't really understand the connection.
Wikipedia to the rescue: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_(shopping)> It's long been the traditional beginning of the christmas shopping season since Thanksgiving is just about a month away from Christmas. (The Macy's Day parade has been going on since the 20's and is essentially a long advertisement. Santa's at the end to remind people to get out and shop) and there's been a lot of retail one-upsmanship. -- Bruce Johnson "Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai, PhD -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en.
