Welcome to our series called Unique Holidays: November 26th, 2021. Take a look at the Holidays being celebrated today and let me know which one you most want to celebrate and why. For me I love Black Friday Shopping but David is working this morning.
Instead I’m celebrating Buy Nothing Day. Charlie and I don’t have a way to the store. How about you. Are you shopping and celebrating Black Friday Day Or are you celebrating Buy Nothing Day and staying home?
Black Friday – Friday after Thanksgiving
Black Friday, or Retail Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving and this is one of the two busiest shopping days of the year. In case you didn’t know, the other busiest shopping day is the day after Christmas, when shoppers, on Holiday vacation, mob the stores to use Gift Certificates they received on Christmas and to exchange Gifts they can’t use. The stellar growth of online shopping has seriously affected the impact of Black Friday shopping. With the onset of COVID-19 in 2020, shopping traffic on Black Friday lessens in store sales traffic on Black Friday. Most retail businesses now promote Black Friday deals in advance of the actual Holiday, with some stores promoting Black Friday deals all month long.
Why Black??
In the world of accountants, red signifies a loss, and black signifies a profit. Many retailers, the Christmas Holiday sales Season represents one half to three quarters of their annual sales. Often, retailers are losing money, until Holiday sales begin. Holiday sales formally begin on the day after Thanksgiving. So, Black Friday represents that turning point, from a loss towards profits!
Wild as it may seem, there is another Holiday, celebrated on the day after Thanksgiving which is called Buy Nothing Day. Did you know that?
Origin of Black Friday:
We did not find the creator of this Holiday and it was most likely created by someone in the retail trade, or someone reporting on the events of this shopping day.
Buy Nothing Day – always the day after Thanksgiving…does anyone abide by it!?! The Day after Thanksgiving
Are you tired of the commercialism of Christmas? Then, this Holiday is for you. Buy Nothing Day is actually a 2 day, 48 hour moratorium on Holiday Shopping. Buy Nothing Day was created as a protest against the commercialism of the most sacred of Holidays. According to Adbusters Media Foundation, this Holiday is a “celebration of simplicity about getting our runaway consumer culture back onto a sustainable path.”
Aside from abstaining from shopping on this Holiday, we suggest you reflect upon the true meaning of Christmas. Take a minute to remember what this Christmas is really all about.
Is Buy Nothing Day effective? Do people abstain from buying things on this Holiday? Well, there is a reason why the day after Thanksgiving is also called Black Friday.
History and Origin of Buy Nothing Day:
The brainchild of Ted Dave from Vancouver, Canada, this Holiday which is promoted by a group called “Adbusters”. Buy Nothing Day was first celebrated in 1992.
This Holiday is celebrated in Canada, the United States, and some European Countries.
Shopping Reminder Day– always November 26th.
Shopping Reminder Day is today on your mark, get set and go shop!
If we all follow this reminder, there is no doubt Malls will be crowded. Wait a minute!? Isn’t the Holiday Season already in full gear? Aren’t we being blasted with ads on Television, and the Radio? How could we not know, that it’s time to shop for the Holidays?
There is no shortage of fun, crazy, wacky and special Holidays and some of them are a little “wackier” than others. As we pondered this Holiday, we realized if you need a Holiday this time of year, to remind you to do your Holiday shopping, then it’s not just this Holiday that’s a little wacky .
Just in case you weren’t thinking about it…. please remember to do your Holiday Shopping today aka “Black Friday.”
Don’t forget to check out Black Friday, which is the busiest shopping day of the year.
Whatever your means of transportation, is have a happy Shopping Reminder Day.
History and Origin of Shopping Reminder Day:
We did not find any information about the origin of this Holiday, when it began or who originated created the Holiday. We suspect Holiday has its roots in Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, and the busiest shopping day of the year.
Internet sites are split, as to the date of this Holiday. Almost one half list this Holiday on the 25th and with the other half recording it on the 26th. Without information from the creator of this Holiday, we go with the majority and celebrate this Holiday on the 26th.
You’re Welcome Day – the day after Thanksgiving
You’re Welcome Day encourages us to say “You’re welcome” and the Holiday helps to put manners back into Society.
This Holiday comes the day after Thanksgiving. On Thanksgiving Day we say “Thanks” for what we have. It’ only seems natural, that “You’re Welcome” immediately follows a thank you.
Participating in this Holiday can happen anywhere that you are, and anywhere that you go today. Just always say “thank you for even the slightest things and when you say thank you, make sure your sincere. and the thank you will go a long ways.
Are you enjoying this Holiday? If so, You’re welcome!
The proper date of celebration:
We looked through countless sites and we found that this Holiday is referenced as occurring on either November 23rd, 24, 25, 28, or 29 but the 23rd was the most common date. We also discovered that most websites also noted the year, and they had it occurring the day after Thanksgiving. Recognizing that the single reference to the meaning and content of this Holiday had it noted on the day after Thanksgiving, one can conclude that this is the correct day of celebration.
This is a classic case of individuals and websites copying a date for a Holiday, without understanding that it may not occur on the same date every year. Keeping the dates correct, takes a lot of effort and research.
Discovery of You’re Welcome Day:
It is very likely that this Holiday originated on a blog in 2002. The blog was posted on blogs.salon.com, declaring, the day after Thanksgiving, as You’re Welcome Day . The creator did not identify themselves.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
