After all the countdowns, markdowns, and breakdowns, Christmas is behind us for a year. You would think that shopping would be the last thing anyone would want to do at this point. WRONG! According to the people that track this sort of statistic, they tell us that the day after Christmas nearly rivals Black Friday. So why doesn't this day have a name in the U.S.?? Perhaps we need to think of something more original that "the day after Christmas".
I am VERY much in favor of adding another holiday to the celebratory list as surely, there could never be too many holidays. I am thinking the day after Christmas should be a REAL holiday. I would suggest this should be a "paid day" off, but of course, this couldn't include anyone employed in retail sales. Just add this "no holiday for you" to the list of reasons your job sucks.
I guess we could follow the lead of our friends in the UK (and others) and call it Boxing Day. Unfortunately, the word "boxing" seems to confuse Americans. Historically, this was the day that people gave gifts to servants and tradesmen but has morphed into another shopping day for the masses. We probably, need to come up with something original for Americans to convey the day's sole and true purpose....picking at the bones of the cheapest of the cheap sales merchandise. It would appear that anything will sell if it becomes cheap enough.
My regular readers might remember that I HATE SHOPPING! There is never an instance I enjoy shopping. I force myself to go into stores as I need things and even that is after I have looked to make sure it is not available to be ordered online. So I usually am not enticed by these types of ads.
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| open early to get the last "best" deal |
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| Only 60 percent?? Surely 75% is in order after Christmas. |
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