New Thanksgiving Holiday, ‘Gratitude,’ Created
New holiday created for those who must work on the real Thanksgiving, and in response to “Black Friday” and its exploitation of employees. By Roger Freed.
Black Friday
Let’s Break Away from Black Friday Syndrome
Welcome to Black Friday — a day of nonstop commercial hype! Here comes the holiday season. It’s a month-long season of friends, family and spiritual reflection, and a time to decompress from our usual helter-skelter … Read more
Psychologists Worried About Growth of Post Black Friday Buying Syndrome
‘Black Friday Buying Syndrome’ – consumers consumed? Mental authorities are warning of the expansion of a relatively new psychic dysfunction they have named PBFBS – “Post Black Friday Buying Syndrome.” It is the description given … Read more
Thanksgiving Found Battered and Beaten in Back Alley
Once-revered Thanksgiving holiday now on life support The holiday of Thanksgiving was found badly beaten in a back alley today. The holiday, which has been waning in power and influence in the last decade, is … Read more
Holiday Formerly Known as ‘Thanksgiving’ to be Called ‘Selfish-Taking’
Due to the state of our society, ‘Thanksgiving’ is to be renamed Thanksgiving, once a proud cornerstone of our traditional American holidays with roots harkening back to our Pilgrim forefathers, is now comatose to the … Read more
Jesus Cancels Second Coming Due to Lack of Interest
The long awaited Second Coming of Jesus Christ has been canceled by order of Jesus Himself Coming down incognito to plan for his much-anticipated Second Coming descension to the same world that had rejected him … Read more
Christmas Present for Me? Thanks, Me!
by Nancy Freiberg and Jon Mathis The Wall Street Journal recently reported that more than 70 percent of people battling each other over Black Friday sales this year – traditionally the time to buy loved … Read more
Giving Tuesday. November 27. Be There.
Philanthropy is entering the 21st Century. Just as Black Friday kicks off the holiday shopping season for brick-and-mortar retailers and Cyber Monday launches the online shopping season, we now have #GivingTuesday (Giving Tuesday, the day … Read more
Walmart’s Grey Thursday Leads to ‘I’ve Got to Throw a Lot of Stuff Out Pastel Yellow Tuesday’
The intense focus on post-Thanksgiving retail selling initiated by the “Black Friday” tradition has now been one-upped by Walmart’s new play of starting specials on Thanksgiving night, thus luring people out of their homes on … Read more