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Sometimes up to a few days before Black Friday, or the day after Thanksgiving, you can find eager bargain shoppers camping outside of a store to score a great deal on majorly discounted products. Since the 1980s this day has been very popular for people buying Christmas presents. Many argue, however, that the sometimes craziness, greed, fights, and intensity of this day can interfere with the true meaning of Thanksgiving and ChristmasOn the other side of the spectrum, Buy Nothing Day is also an increasingly popular day in Canada, the United States, and a few European countries. It was started in 1992 by Adbusters and is intended to focus on the meaning behind Thanksgiving and Christmas as well as abstaining from buying anything.
I decided to participate in Buy Nothing Day by not purchasing anything. Instead of using money, I thought it would be funny to count the change in my piggy banks that I have been saving for a rainy day that is still TBD. :)
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Citations: http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/November/buynothingday.htm and http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2013/11/26/thanksgiving-traditions-history/3709209/
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