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It’s time for the holidays. The air is getting colder. The football season is ending and the basketball season (college at least) is beginning. Thanksgiving is just around the corner. Families will get together and stuff their faces full of turkey and stuffing. The only problem is, some people are more excited for the day after Thanksgiving. After reading this article on msn.com, I realized that people focus too much on what more they can get rather than be thankful for what they already have.

Thanksgiving has been losing more and more interest in the minds of many people considering the popular and ever-growing event that follows. No, I’m not talking about Christmas. The words “Black Friday” are virtually universal and mean “day of deals” or “day of mayhem” depending on who you ask.

Black Friday on Thursday?

Some retailers are taking advantage of the shopping holiday by lowering their prices two hours early. That’s right, Wal Mart will be starting their Black Friday at 10:00 PM Thanksgiving night. Does anybody else feel bad for those Wal Mart employees that have to leave their families the night of Thanksgiving to deal with an onslaught of customers running over each other to get their kid’s favorite toy?

Target, Best Buy and Macy’s are starting their Black Friday deals early as well.

The idea of Black Friday isn’t a bad one. It allows for shoppers to get a head start on Christmas shopping deals. I’m all for creating jobs and boosting the economy. But Thanksgiving should be a day in which we are thankful for what we have. We should not be squandering it away looking at coupons or ads and camping outside our favorite retail store.