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Thanksgiving in the United States is not only a federal holiday to celebrate about with family and friends over the feast table with roasted turkey on top, but it also starts the Christmas shopping season, and the day after Thanksgiving is called “Black Friday” and traditionally the biggest shopping day of the whole year.

Every shopaholic, or compulsive shopper as a more formal term is waiting for this day as malls, retail stores and boutique shops open up early in the morning after Thanksgiving Day to start the Christmas shopping season with a bang!

Both buyers and retailers are looking forward to this day. Consumers are eagerly waiting for this day, even waiting in line as early as dawn and some are already sleeping in the pavement just to be the first people to check out the real deal on the biggest sale of the year. Retailers are also looking forward to this day to stock up their inventory and earn real profit.

However on the recent years, the following Monday after Thanksgiving day, which was known today as “Cyber Monday” to be popular these days because it is fast becoming the biggest online shopping day of the year.

Many online shops are offering big discounts that cannot be found on local stores and it really attract consumers to buy online.

Many people considered not to buy on Black Friday because of the real hassle it brought about. Excessive crowd discourage would-be buyers. Many are persuaded to wait for the sale on Cyber Monday and purchase online and just sit comfortably in their homes rather than squeeze in with the mob in searching for the best buy.

Today is Thanksgiving Day in the United States, November 27, 2008. Thanksgiving is celebrated every fourth Thursday of November to commemorate the end of the harvest season, and is considered as an annual American holiday.

I will not talk about the origins of this holiday because you can simply research this on Wikipedia or in any credible site that provides information. I will talk about how American celebrated this holiday.

Thanksgiving are sometimes referred as “Turkey Day” because thanksgiving will not be complete without the roasted turkey on the feast table for Americans together with mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie and sweet corn.

Usually, family and friends take days off to celebrate with their loved ones, and this is one of the busiest season because it’s a four-day or five-days weekend vacation spree for everyone.

Parades are usually held on some parts of the country, particularly in New York City where it starts at Macy’s flagship store and parade floats abound the street.

Also, Football takes a good part of the festival because it is usually played in this day and families and friends crammed up in front of the television to watch their favorite team host the game.

And of course, Thanksgiving is the start of the Christmas season shopping. The day after Thanksgiving, which no doubt is Friday is called “Black Friday”, where almost all stores packed their inventory for items for Christmas shopping. Also, this day is still considered a part of the holiday so that people will be given a long holiday off from their everyday work.

I envy Americans for this kind of holiday, which promoted piety and strong family connection. And of course, I will be a hypocrite if I didn’t mention the joy it would bring to me for the long day off this entails. But all in all, everyone benefits in this tradition, common person and businessmen alike.