Please do not go shopping Thursday through Sunday (except maybe early Saturday)

Please do not go shopping on Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, nor on Friday, Black Friday. That is the most powerful message that one can send to retailers that enough is enough. A holiday is a holiday. People who work retail are not machines. They deserve a holiday.

If you really want to be thankful, be thankful to those who work retail jobs by giving them a holiday they deserve.

I’m actually planning on trying to not shop at all from Thursday through Sunday. Maybe if stores need to be open half a day on Saturday so people could get necessities I could see that. I would rather see businesses closed for once and people just enjoying being here. Stop driving around in a frenzy and spend time outdoors on long walks. Go running. Go ride a bicycle. Visit a park, a beach, or other natural place.

Go out somewhere and sing or take and instrument (or instruments) with you and play.

The only things I might buy during this time would be some Glühwein (or chai) or perhaps some holiday ornaments or knickknacks from a street vendor.

How nice it would be to go out and enjoy a brisk evening with all the lights, or sit in some park and sip Glühwein and play music or sing.


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