Retail Detail

Americans have a habit of naming things. What used to be called the day after Thanksgiving is now Black Friday, so named because the retail businesses hope to "go into the black" for the year today. How dumb is that?
I'd hate to be in a business that had to wait 11 months to show a profit.
Even members of my own family stayed up late yesterday to participate in the odd ritual. One member taped an imaginary 60" TV to his wall and sat on his couch watching the tape while he waited for Friday to arrive.

I've never participated in Black Friday. After preparing some thirty Thanksgiving dinners over the years, I always spent Friday on the couch with a stack of turkey sandwiches recovering from the relatives. (I was recovering, not the sandwiches.)

If we have spare days during the year, let's not give them away to the retailers. If we must dedicate each and every day, let those bonus days have significant purpose, not be frivilous excuses for real days. Days after holidays are freebees. On the day after Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Eve, you can drop out of sight completely. Stay in bed; no one will know!

Since there is plenty of turkey left over, you need not cook today. What a great time to watch movies, or browse through old family photos. Don't put the photos in albums! That would break the sacred alibi reserved for loose pictures, the one where you tell everyone how, in your retirement, you're going to organize the family photos. Nah, just waste time and enjoy yourself. Today is bonus time.

As for me, I miss those turkey sandwiches. Since we had dinner at my daughter's yesterday, and devoured the turkey, I think I'll roast a bird today. I hope we have lots of mayo.