Black Friday Begins Today

Black_FridayIt’s Black Friday and some of you may have black eyes and broken bones upon your return from the stores. I rarely take advantage of Black Friday anymore, because my children are grown and I don’t spend a lot of money during the Christmas season. I also think that people who camp out in front of a store, or fist fight over a flat screen TV that won’t be such a great buy in a few months, are simply nuts. Continue reading

Cyber Monday Sales Begin December 2nd, 2013

BFCMCyber Monday is a marketing term for the Monday after Thanksgiving in the United States. The term “Cyber Monday” was created by marketing companies to persuade people to shop online. The term made its debut on November 28, 2005 in a Shop.org press release entitled, “Cyber Monday Quickly Becoming One of the Biggest Online Shopping Days of the Year”. Continue reading

Why We Eat Turkey On Thanksgiving

Steamed-Fish-ThanksgivingIn blaring contrast to what we were taught as children and the elementary school plays presented to parents, it’s more likely that goose or duck was part of the original Thanksgiving meal, than was the turkey. Continue reading