Crowds, fights, shouts, lines, and chaos. This description would fit many things: concerts, theme parks on a Saturday or even a movie theatre when the new film is released.

When I think of mass confusion and disarray, I most definitely do not think of my favorite store. However, this is the state of almost every single store in town on the day after Thanksgiving, or Black Friday.

Thanksgiving is intended to be a day we give thanks for everything we have. We focus on the bounty of the country we live in and the freedoms we have, then on the day after we trample our fellow men to reach the last pink cardigan.

This doesn’t seem right. Saying “I am grateful for everything I have been given” one minute and then becoming an animal to acquire a material thing I will value for a year at most, does not seem right.

Some people love the atmosphere of Black Friday. Christmas music is played, decorations are up, and many times it’s cold so people are wearing coats and drinking steaming drinks. I too love the Christmas time, actually I adore it, but I do not have to go to Black Friday to experience it. I go shopping later in the season and all the same festivities are happening, all with out the chaos and frustratin of Black Friday. But Christmas is about the spirit of giving… the majority of people shop for themselves, not for gifts, on Black Friday.

In addition, this blaring double standard is not the only validation that Black Friday is pointless, but the fact that they do not even carry the best deals. Many of the best deals happen before or even after Black Friday occurs. So lining up the night before doesn’t even make sense.

Black Friday should not be made the glorious event. All people do is shop for materials things, the day after they were “grateful” for everything they have, and shoppers do it in a violent and pointless manner. Let us see the true meaning of the holidays and not be consumed by the craze of Black Friday.