Thanksgiving has come and gone, and Christmas‘s time—an ever-expanding season that stretches into September—has finally arrived. Today is Black Friday, the consumerist threshold that formally inaugurates the Christmas (shopping) season.
Black Friday, much like the holiday season it ushers in, has slowly stretched beyond its one-day window. First, the expansion went into Small Business Saturday, then Cyber Monday. Next came Giving Tuesday—a bit of charitable giving to close out the mad dash for savings. Once you’ve spent all of your money in big box stores on Friday, at the dying mom and pop joint in your town, and everything else on Amazon on Monday, whatever is left goes to the United Way.
The Portly Politico 