Thursday is a very special day for Americans.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

So don't forget to stuff your fucking feed bag full of Turduken before stapling it on your face, you fucked up colostomy bag-huffing meatsacks.  Don't forget to thank God for all the other shit on your table, while people everywhere else starve to death.  Don't forget to stuff yourself to the bursting point BEFORE eating all kinds of desert and shit, pretending that this is GOD'S BOUNTY given unto you for doing unto the Native Americans.  And remember that eating until you actually have to UNDO YOUR PANTS is OKAY, so long as you're AMERICAN and of the ELECT.

Oh, and the fucktards at the drugstore and at least one radio channel started 24/7 Christmas music on November 1st.  How I hate you all.  You and your Fat City.  Could have gone to the stars, ate everything instead, brb lol.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

So don't forget to stuff your fucking feed bag full of Turduken before stapling it on your face, you fucked up colostomy bag-huffing meatsacks.  Don't forget to thank God for all the other shit on your table, while people everywhere else starve to death.  Don't forget to stuff yourself to the bursting point BEFORE eating all kinds of desert and shit, pretending that this is GOD'S BOUNTY given unto you for doing unto the Native Americans.  And remember that eating until you actually have to UNDO YOUR PANTS is OKAY, so long as you're AMERICAN and of the ELECT.

Oh, and the fucktards at the drugstore and at least one radio channel started 24/7 Christmas music on November 1st.  How I hate you all.  You and your Fat City.  Could have gone to the stars, ate everything instead, brb lol.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

So don't forget to stuff your fucking feed bag full of Turduken before stapling it on your face, you fucked up colostomy bag-huffing meatsacks.  Don't forget to thank God for all the other shit on your table, while people everywhere else starve to death.  Don't forget to stuff yourself to the bursting point BEFORE eating all kinds of desert and shit, pretending that this is GOD'S BOUNTY given unto you for doing unto the Native Americans.  And remember that eating until you actually have to UNDO YOUR PANTS is OKAY, so long as you're AMERICAN and of the ELECT.

Oh, and the fucktards at the drugstore and at least one radio channel started 24/7 Christmas music on November 1st.  How I hate you all.  You and your Fat City.  Could have gone to the stars, ate everything instead, brb lol.

My rage gland is acting up.

[Elder Iptuous]

haha! good stuff.

and remember, once you've got your thankfulness out of the fucking way, get some good steel toed boots on.
you don't want to be under equipped when you head out the next day to trample the weak in pursuit of the SALE!

[trippinprincezz13]

Christmas music already blasting.
There are at least 5 houses that I can specifically think of that already have Christmas lights and decorations up.
I've been hearing about "Pre-Black Friday" and "Super Early Black Friday" deals since about Halloween - it's a wonder I haven't strangled anyone or put my fist through a TV yet.

And every year people complain - but at this point I'm sure they're hoping that if they complain loud enough about how stupid all this "early Christmas stuff" is, they'll be able to trick people into staying home so they can have ALL THE SALES TO THEMSELVES. Because there's certianly no shortage of people running out to trample each other to death at 4am just to get that new TV. Obviously these "PreBlack Friday" sales are catering to someone. Seriously WTF is a PRE BLACK FRIDAY sale!?!

Brought a few bags of food to the donation box I'd seen in a store for a few weeks and was shocked (and a bit appalled) when they told me that I was the first one to bring anything in. So doing my shopping next door I bought a little extra to give. I don't have a lot to spare and I'm not going to save the world with my few bags of groceries, but I can at least feel a bit better putting my money towards that than going out and buying a bunch of *things* no-one really wants or needs.

[Chaorem]

I haven't celebrated a holiday in 7 fucking years. I work on them all. Give me socks for Christmas, fucking elves are stealing them anyway. Thankgiving? Fuck you, I like Hot Dogs. Easter Bunny can go take a shit in someone elses house this year.

[Luna]

I haven't celebrated a holiday in 7 fucking years. I work on them all. Give me socks for Christmas, fucking elves are stealing them anyway. Thankgiving? Fuck you, I like Hot Dogs. Easter Bunny can go take a shit in someone elses house this year.

The Easter Bunny shits jelly beans, he's cool by me.   

I, for one, intend to enjoy the holiday by cooking too much food, collapsing after dinner on the couch while somebody else does the gorram dishes, watching some Dr. Who, and taking Friday to recover before spending Saturday brewing awesome new booze.

[Arim the Backwards One]

I haven't celebrated a holiday in 7 fucking years. I work on them all. Give me socks for Christmas, fucking elves are stealing them anyway. Thankgiving? Fuck you, I like Hot Dogs. Easter Bunny can go take a shit in someone elses house this year.

The Easter Bunny shits jelly beans, he's cool by me.   

I, for one, intend to enjoy the holiday by cooking too much food, collapsing after dinner on the couch while somebody else does the gorram dishes, watching some Dr. Who, and taking Friday to recover before spending Saturday brewing awesome new booze.

You, I like you.

On the other hand, being a Dane and all, I never really understood Thanksgiving. 'Let's set a date where we have to say thanks and pretend to be happy and thankful because that's what we're supposed to be today! Aren't we just all having a blast!' - but on the other hand, it's lots of food. Which is never a bad thing. Especially if other people make it for you.

[Chaorem]

I see my family, and my girlfriend's family, and her brothers family(ies)* so much I need the Holidays when they all get together and I go to work to get away from them. So I guess I lied, I do celebrate Holidays.

*Manwhore.

[Freeky]

So don't forget to stuff your fucking feed bag full of Turduken before stapling it on your face, you fucked up colostomy bag-huffing meatsacks.  Don't forget to thank God for all the other shit on your table, while people everywhere else starve to death.  Don't forget to stuff yourself to the bursting point BEFORE eating all kinds of desert and shit, pretending that this is GOD'S BOUNTY given unto you for doing unto the Native Americans.  And remember that eating until you actually have to UNDO YOUR PANTS is OKAY, so long as you're AMERICAN and of the ELECT.

Oh, and the fucktards at the drugstore and at least one radio channel started 24/7 Christmas music on November 1st.  How I hate you all.  You and your Fat City.  Could have gone to the stars, ate everything instead, brb lol.

I fucking HATE HATE HATE Thanksgiving.  It's not fun.  It isn't full of Family Happy Together Time^TM.  It's a fucking vile day, and I intend to spend at least part of it somewhere where I am grateful that the people around me exist and I know them.

[LMNO]

Thanksgiving was the one holiday everyone in my family liked.  Dad would get a whole bunch of different people to come over, from SoHo artists to Korean physicists, and we'd all sit around, get drunk, eat amazing food, and talk.  It's what I imagined one of the old salons would have been like. 

To me it's not about family.  No, that's not quite right.  For me, it's about family, because those are the people who are meaningful to me.  It's also about my closest friends, because they're also meaningful to me.  If you don't like your family, then abandon them, and go find the people who make your life FUN and worth living, and have Thanksgiving with them. 

This year, I'm going to cook for my mom, Mrs LMNO, and three of my closest friends.  We're going to have brisket, spiced winter squash with pomagranite, and a kale and brussels sprout salad.  There will be NO shopping on Friday.

[Luna]

This...  I'm not spending it with blood relations, I'm CERTAINLY not spending it with the legal relation.

I'm spending it with the family I choose.

And I'll take a bullet to the knee before I'll shop on Black Friday.

[Suu]

I'm doing nothing tomorrow. My history professors have given me pretty difficult papers to get done, so I'm waiving my right to be American and skipping Thanksgiving this year for academia. I will be baking a lot of cookies and brownies and bringing them up to the girls at my local Walgreens, and then to Old Navy and Gap at the mall, because I know how much it sucks to work retail hell on Thanksgiving, so I can at least do something nice and offer them some goodies. Even if they may not personally celebrate Thanksgiving, everybody likes baked goods.

-Suu
No really, sometimes I'm a nice person.

[Cain]

Amazon.co.uk is sending me "Black Friday" special deals.

I'm not going to argue with cheaper stuff, but I think they do not understand of what they speak.  Especially since we have the "Boxing Day Sales" phenomenom where, after spending ridiculous amounts of money for Christmas, we are encouraged to spend even more because "you wouldn't want to miss out on a good deal".

[Elder Iptuous]

i have noticed a trend this year, that i haven't seen heretofore where advertisements announce that so-and-so company is 'celebrating' black friday.  so far, i've heard adds for three separate stores using these terms.  anybody else noticed this?

that's an interesting twist, making it a holiday in its own right....