So we’ve just celebrated Thanksgiving and Black Friday…
For Thanksgiving I had two invites from friends at work; thankfully each for different days so I didn’t have to turn anybody down. On both days the openness and hospitality of people was amazing; I have made some very good friends here. Thanksgiving, food wise, is very similar to Christmas in the UK … lots of it and especially turkey! I have eaten so much great food over the past couple of days, and probably way too many desserts included in that. Still, it should serve as a good warm up for my return to the UK at Christmas where I think I’ll be very busy eating and catching up with friends and family!
I’m still not really that much in the know of how and why Thanksgiving exists, but Wikipedia has been very helpful.
Black Friday was a great experience. It’s the traditional shopping sales/day after Thanksgiving but, although very similar, comes with a much bigger fanfare and anticipation than the standard UK January sales. There were reports on the news of fights breaking out between shoppers outside in the parking lots. Last year I recall reading a story where a shopper was trampled to death after getting caught in a stampede of bargain hunters at a particular store. The day before the event, newspapers are full of leaflets and adverts for all the sales promotions that stores are running. The standout item for was just how cheap some of the flat screen TV's were – $198 for a 32” LCD TV in Walmart! TV’s in general seemed to be the most in demand item, so hopefully everybody got their desired item and nobody lost their life this year! Most of the stores opened at around 4 am and the “early bird” special prices continued until noon. There was no way I was getting out of bed that early (4 am … not noon) and so a leisurely trip out ensued at around 10 am.
I plan to make the most of the rest of the 4 day weekend, mainly by catching up on lost sleep and a visit to the gym! Tonight I’m venturing out for my first IMAX experience …
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