Thanksgiving Shopping - A Boon or a Bane

I always wish some nights last forever..! specially festive nights..! it brings people together, needless to mention the food, fun and Joy shared.. So as year comes to an end, my festive spirit kicks in..!  Oct being so special to us, as it starts with our anniversary followed by biggest Festive of our Life (little S’s Birthday)..  We are usually those people who love to plan ahead.  So our Sep’s are filled with party planning sheets. So that ‘S’ can have the day as she wants. Slowly as the hangover of S’s birthday diwndles, halloween is right across the corner.

We are usually excited about halloween. We got to dressup and pretend to be someone else and roam around the streets singing and dancing, occasionally fetching candies and be ourselves..! Little S usually decides what she wants to be, and changes every other day.. Like today she wants to be cinderella, tomorrow it’s a bunny, the following would be a witch..! I usually cant keep up with what she wants and take the matters in my own hand.! Once we are all done with our little scary pumpkins its time for thanksgiving..

Whats this all about ?? Thanksgiving is a harvest festival of Canada & US.  The event that Americans commonly call the "First Thanksgiving" was celebrated by the Pilgrims after their first harvest in the New World in October 1621. This feast lasts for three days Thanking God for blessings. The poor are often provided with food at Thanksgiving time. Most communities have annual food drives that collect non-perishable packaged and canned foods, and corporations sponsor charitable distributions of staple foods and Thanksgiving dinners.

But for the past couple of years, I have seen a different version of Thanksgiving. So as thanksgiving arrives, people are busy making a list of items to be purchased. They get ready for the door buster deals. Waiting in the long queues and fighting with fellow people to acquire something which can be done in a proper civil manner too. My First Thanksgiving was hilarious (yeah yeah, iam talking about 2008). As a newbie I had no idea what thanksgiving was all about. So out we went roaming around just to see whats the deal about this holiday season. Though we hadn’t purchased anything, but we saw crowd everywhere. We had fun walking all night with strangers, drinking coco, occasionally watching brawls over petty things..

Cut Two, 2012..!! This time I really wanted to buy something (not much though).. So I made a small list of around 5 to 6 items and left out with my hubby..! one thing I had noticed now was that, people are no more civilized. It was a rampage. The retailers had taken all precautions to make sure no one was hurt. Additional Cops, Security guards.. I felt as if iam entering into a war zone. I had no idea it was going to be such a horrid experience. People had no clue what they want, still their carts were filled with everything available in the stores. Sometimes they even pick the lot leaving empty racks for others. That day I swore not to go out ever again on the day of thanksgiving.

Cut Three, 2017..!!! Over the 5 years I had realized that shopping can be done online and I do it sipping a cup of coco at home. I enjoy the fun filled evening with friends, having scrumptious food and fun filled games. Destiny plays its charisma again and I landed this year into the pit of thanksgiving shopping. One of my best buddy wanted to go out for thanksgiving shopping. This was her first. So I didn’t want to disappoint her. So off we left with few others. Somewhere along my mind there was a dwindling thought that I might not encounter as many people as before (all thanks to online shopping and pre -thanksgiving sales, black Friday & cyber Monday). But to my surprise my ordeal five years ago was much better than what I had this year.

Oh my Goodness, I have come across some whacky nuts, who had no clue why they were dragging their carts all over the store. Few others were rampaging over the racks and filling their carts with every size of pajamas. I can understand electronics, but I cant understand why a semi petite lady who seems to be sized M, sweeping the racks for every possible size from XS, S to XXL.. Lol.. it was hilarious for me.

My buddy V (who was shopping for the first time) was awestruck with the amount of enthusiasm people carry over thanksgiving, leaving her empty handed and returning back with nothing from every store she visited.

Think about it..! Do you need it.. Is it helpful.. Are u planning to gift it to someone.. Don't be a fool and drag every possible shit from the floor. Mark my words, these whackos are the ones who will be standing next day in the return section.

Be Sensible enough and think before you u buy..!