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Black Friday: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly; of One of America's Favorite Unofficial Holidays

Discussion by: emilys on Sun, 2011-11-27 23:17 with 5 comments
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5th ave apple store by EmmaRoseZu a Youth Voices pool photographer on Flickr

With commercials all over the web and television, everyone has heard the term Black Friday sometime in their life. Most associate it with the Christmas shopping that often occurs the day after Thanksgiving on that Friday and how the result is many stores "going into the black". However, I wanted to delve into the origins and find out just how the unofficial “holiday” started and what it means for people today. So I took not only to the books but also on a little “field trip”.

Thanksgiving: A time to Reflect

Discussion by: Sheen on Thu, 2011-11-24 01:20 with 1 comments
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Every year we as a society seem to go from Halloween straight to Christmas. With all the stores decorating for Christmas on November 1st, we seem to lose sight of one of the most important holidays: Thanksgiving.

Being Thankful?

Discussion by: Jgoldsmith on Tue, 2011-11-22 00:18 with 0 comments
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Thanksgiving is the one thing I look forward to in November. November is my least favorite month. November to me signifies the beginning of the cold but the welcoming of the snow, but also seams to last forever. There are very few positive things about November but the highlight is definitely Thanksgiving. Not only is there lots of really good food and the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade but there is also the time spent with family. I have a pretty big family and I'm close with all of them. All of my cousins are in college so I don't get to see them very often.

Thanksgiving

Discussion by: katiestefanich on Mon, 2011-11-21 18:15 with 2 comments
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As Thanksgiving quickly approaches, I wonder it’s true origin. We all know that some Pilgrims came here and supposedly had this big feast around the end of November to celebrate their arrival in America. But what part of the story aren’t we hearing?

Attitude of Gratitude

Discussion by: cgruis8 on Thu, 2011-11-17 11:54 with 0 comments
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http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/lifestyle/52843436-80/gratitude-child-grate...

As we near the time of Thanksgiving, it sounds cliche, but we should all take time to remember what we are thankful for. In today's world, it's easy to forget how lucky we are and focus instead on the negative. However, that's probably not the way things should be --- we can all be thankful for multiple things: for friends, for family, for a roof over our head and our education. Everything else is just a bonus.

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