Despite the bad economy, and abounding financial troubles, it looks like commercialism and materialism are more powerful than ever this holiday season. Lots of businesses are opening earlier than usual for their Black Friday sales, plenty of them opening while it is still Thanksgiving! If you're a married man who has family obligations for the holidays, this probably drives you crazy. I have never met a man who really enjoyed things like Black Friday. Most guys would rather sit back at home and watch football.
If you're a single man though, you get a free pass on it. With no wife or girlfriend to shop for - who will probably be very materialistic anyway - and no other family to have holidays obligations for, you get a free pass. And that's a great thing. You can stay home and watch football, or stay in and watch the hilarity ensue on television once the shoppers are set free insides the stores. You can just sleep through it. (Highly recommended!)
If you're a single guy who finds the crass, brutish commercialism of the holidays, and the hollow materialism in general in society to be disgusting and revolting, then you have it made because you have no one else to nudge you into partaking of it! You can choose one way or the other. (I'm guessing most of you don't want to take part...) Freedom is your best Christmas present at this point. You've saved time and money, not to mention the stress that would result from being in that disaster called Black Friday.
And for Thanksgiving and Christmas, you get to relax, enjoy family and great food, but get to skip out on the stress. And if you feel a strong aversion to the materialism so apparent during the holidays, you can act in line with your values by avoiding it, and do something for yourself, your family, or someone less fortunate than you.
So for Thanksgiving, if you're a single man, you indeed have something extra to be thankful for!
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