You think it's sad that some people gave up Thanksgiving dinner to wait in line for Black Friday?
952555
YES!  I think it is awful. Black Friday is so much hype!  Most of those sales will be run again and again until Christmas.  Also, the busiest shopping day of the year is actually December 20!  I think it is sad but I guess if someone prefers to stand in line that is their choice.
764213
I am actually a very calm person with the patience of a saint(I am told). But, I cant shop on black friday.I find myself getting mean and nerves on edge.By the time I get home, I find I am acting like all the other rude, mean people out there on that day. I just stay home and do my shopping for that morning online.
786705
My husband is making the dinner. He has since we have been married. For a long time, the rest of my family lived out of state. Now some are back in the area, but we still prefer to eat at home by ourselves. \n\nLast year, my mom was very ill. My husband made the dinner and packed it up and we took it to her. She didn't eat very much but was very happy for the company. It was her last Thanksgiving and we didn't want her to be alone or to just have Cup-a-Soup.\n\nThere will lots left over- so we will be eating Turkey and leftovers for about a week! (fine with us!)\n\nHappy Thanksgiving!
911338
i'm not going.  people fighting over shopping carts and the last items on teh shelf for the day. no thank you. black friday puts a damper on my holiday spirit.  p./s sorry you have to work
692767
hell yeah.  went to FIESTA FOODS to pay my electric bill and they were closed.  \nbut when I went to FOOD FOR LESS, no crowds, wonderful.  talked to the cashier and asked her how it has been going.  she said compared to sunday, great.  she had to work overtime and it was a zoo on sunday because they were all in there buying so they wouldn't buy on monday.  too funny, hunh?
986588
Oh yet a very non-traditional holiday for me.  For the first time in how many years …(oh maybe skip that one), I am going to spend Thanksgiving alone.  I have no plans what so ever for Thanksgiving or at least none that are set in stone this very minute.  BUT if I live to see 6:00pm tonight I will be going to Washington DC for a day!  I am going to sit when I want to sit.  I am going to eat when I get hungry.  I am going to look at what I want to see.  I am going walk when I want to walk.  I am going to rest when I want to rest and walk fast when I want to get somewhere sooner.  I am going to say p*ss on the world as I now know it and completely leave my life behind for one entire day.  Not a full 24 hour day but a strong 17 hours!!  I am sure that I will regret it the next day when I will not be able to move.  But h*ll the next day would have been my anniversary had that have worked out so basically I know it is going to suck anyway.  Maybe I will have a good time and maybe I will not, only I will decide this trip, so nobody to blame but me!  I hope all that read this message have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday.  Smile at everyone, dislike but few, love only yours, and hate no one.
914949
Me too.  My family has decided not to "do" Christmas this year.  By that I\nmean buy lots of useless presents for each other.  We are going to \ncelebrate by spending lots of time together and eating great meals.  Not\nall of them prepared by me!!!  I'm looking forward to it.
873899
Good point, but I'm not going to let Christmas or Easter be just like any other days.They are Christian holidays and need to be celebrated. Thanksgiving I'm willing to give up. Cooking and cleaning up all day while the men sit and watch football. Women really got the shaft on that holiday!
819149
Just saw on the news a family who has one son serving in Iraq for the SECOND time, & another off in Florida "training." That's enough to make anybody sad. I suppose there can be any number of reasons, & I've "heard" many people are depressed on holidays, not just Thanksgiving. Except for the situation like the one above, I've no idea. I've always enjoyed them. But then, I tend to focus on the "upside" of everything!\n\n*** Just read a couple of answers why some people are sad. I'm truly sorry. I just lost two very good friends, (I don't have any family), & for various reasons, didn't have anyone to "MY" house nor did I feel like driving anywhere, so I roasted a turkey breast & did all the other stuff & it was fun. Now I can go have a turkey sandwich & pecan pie with my kitty & enjoy festive lights across the lake. (NO! My kitty doesn't get any turkey or pie! She's on a diet & wouldn't want it anyway!) Guess you have to open your senses to all the really good things, in spite of the in spite ofs....
11363
People have many different expectations for Christmas and how it is observed.  It is common in many families to concentrate on the kids rather than the adults, but other folks are firmly in the "everybody gets something" camp.  Either way is fine so long as everyone is working from the same understanding.  If the arrangement is that you only buy for kids and someone goes and gets all the adults something as well, that can make the other adults who didn't buy gifts feel bad, which is not what the holidays are supposed to be about.  Conversely, you probably wouldn't feel too good if everyone else bought you something and you arrived with nothing for them.  The key is working out the expectations in advance, rather than operating in the dark.
870624
A lot of people don't look forward to the holidays. Christmas is my favorite time of the whole year and I usually go all out with decorating, but I have had years where it was a struggle just to drag the tree out. I can't stand all the commercialization so we try to focus on the true joys of the season. It is always sad to remember that a loved one has passed close to or on a meaningful date. On the other hand, if we gave up celebrating any given date because of a death, we wouldn't be able to be happy again because there are dates throughout the year that hold meaning for each of us. In the case of elderly relatives, I am content to look back at the lives they had and I always recall the funny things they used to do and say or the happy times we shared. I also know that they wouldn't want us sitting around mourning them and not moving forward and making our own memories. One thing that helps bring the holidays into sharper focus is my son. We have some traditions we share with the whole family, but we have our very own too and I wouldn't want to let him down. He is still little and I want it to be magical for him and also pass on our traditions to his family when he is grown. It may help you to remember something you used to do with your loved ones and turn it into a holiday tradition for your baby. It will become something you share through the years and he will have a connection to his family that he can carry with him the rest of his life.
901770
So Sorry!!!! Due to the Holiday today Thanksgiving All Stores,Shops ect.... Are CLOSED I guess you will have to Stay here w/me. And first thing in the morning Bright/Early I will see to it you get your part/parts and Be on your way SAFELY To your Destination you call HOME. Yours truly Women/Lady in BLACK w/my shades LOL
847693
I used to have everyone here and do it here. IT gets too busy, complicated, cooking all day, the mess, the chaos....\n\nSo, this will be our 2nd year of "dining out" on turkey day. We do the dinner out , our entire family...alot of people.\n\nThen, we come back here for desserts. So we can relax. Its nice. Less fuss, less mess....still enjoying good food and great company.
701762
I'm going to have say i dislike two months November: because it seems no matter were i go or at which relatives i eat thanksgiving dinner at i get food poisoning and December:I'm sick of buying gifts and usually getting nothing from my relatives i mean I'm not expecting a PS3 but a thank you card would nice.: (
885267
there are two thanksgivings in the americas.  canada celebrates theirs in october & we, in the usa celebrate ours on the third thursday of each november.  the friday following thanksgiving is almost as famous, known as 'black friday'.  it's the shopping day of the year but that's another story.  the origin of thanksgiving goes back to the very early 1600s when the english colonists came to america with the barest of necessities and had to make it through a very harsh, cold winter.  if it wasn't for the help of the native americans, the narragansett (i believe), the settlers would've died. the natives  supplied the yams, wild turkeys, corn & showed to the settlers not only the native foods to eat but how to prepare them.  a giant feast was held with native americans & colonists in attendance.  it was a splendid  beginning but alas, not to last.  sad to say but within 20 years, both sides were at war.  the colonists came to america with the idea of land ownership & the natives couldn't understand that.  land, to them, was something to share.  anyway, you asked & that's the real story.  i personally feel of all the american holidays, thanksgiving is the greatest.  it still signifies sharing, friends, food & giving.  nothing is really asked of you except to come to the table & give of yourself without asking for anything back. neat, eh?
629097
Yes! Its my birthday tomorrow, I hate it! I appreciate that people care about me, but the best thing that could possibly happen, would be for tomorrow to go by just like any other day. Last year was the worst...surprise party! I wasnt even suspicious. I thought it was odd that they had bought a huge amount of food and extra plates etc..But I just assumed they knew it was the LAST THING I could POSSIBLY have wanted. I kept a smile on my face, but it was the worst day of 2005.
786526
I can't believe people actually did that.\n\nI had to work on Friday (I work at a meat packing plant...this is our busy season).\n\nLike you, Raven, I hate to shop.  I do all my Christmas shopping online.\n\nWhat kind of sale is so good, that someone has to camp out the night before to save how much on a gadget that will be that same price in a month or two?\n\nThe Big Boxes (Wal Mart, Best Buy, Bed Beth) all got together and said "HEY!  We can take advantage of Black Friday lunacy!"\n\nAnd people fell for it.