By Selwyn Duke

It’s ironic that Black Friday, which
has a negative etymology and connotation, should have become one of the more
anticipated days of the year. And it’s sad that the holiday meant to be devoted
to thanking God for what we have should be followed by — and increasingly
subordinated to — a day devoted to seeking what we do not.

The day after Thanksgiving
seems to have been dubbed
“Black Friday” in 1965 by the Philadelphia police, who lamented the traffic jams
and congested sidewalks the day brought. Earlier still, the term referred to an
1869 financial
crisis.  

Now it has come to represent a
materialism crisis.

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