I am going to be 83 next month. I know, that's a long time ago. But in those years I have seen a lot of things and a lot of changes. My confession is this...I am a Holiday snob. We were brought up with the feeling of celebrating holidays with family and bonding with each other on those days set aside with feelings of love and enjoyment of each other's company. Now, I am wondering why this had to change. First of all I never liked the phrase "Black Friday". Sounds like they made the day after Thanksgiving a day of mourning. Yesterday morning as I was watching TV I got a real smack in the stomach. They were referring to Thanksgiving as "gray Thursday"....really???? So, watching the ravings of the retailers out there makes me so unhappy. Just what are the holidays about anymore...who are the holidays for ...family or retailers? Some states are allowing stores to open on Thanksgiving afternoon or sooner. What?? So, our families get together, give thanks, have a wonderful meal and in a bit our favorite pies or desserts then it's "see ya later have to go shopping now". In most cases the big sales that are happening have been cheaper at an earlier time. It just seems such a shame that it has come to this. As for me, I am hosted by a different child (I had 5) each Thanksgiving and we still uphold the meaning of it all. We stay at home and the guys (and some gals) watch football ...a great tradiditon...then we get out the leftovers and make turkey and cranberry sandwiches...hit the desserts again and talk about the good old days..I always say they were the good old days, we just didn't know it. So, those are my feelings and I'm sticking with them. Happy Thanksgiving.
