Happy Blackgiving!

I must admit that I’m almost to the point of thinking there’s not much of a future ahead for this once great country. I can understand how Thanksgiving has become the favorite holiday of many Americans because it stands on its own without requiring gifts, etc. For four centuries now, we “guests” of North America have expressed our gratitude for the bounty that is ours. But in recent years (do I just show nothing more than my bias if I calculate beginning with Reagan?) Thanksgiving has become a mere prelude to Black Friday. Commercialism will probably be the undoing of our once noble society. Christmas succumbed quite some time ago to being nothing more than a red and green color scheme for the orange and black merchandising that began Halloween. And now, the financial future of the United States of America depends on how much is spent the day after Thanksgiving. We can keep the ‘C’ and stay honest by just admitting that we are not a Christian nation but a consuming one. We’ve reached the point that if we quit buying we cease to exist. I’m glad that I’m not the one who has to explain to our ancestors what we’ve made of ourselves.