how has the holiday shopping season affected Thanksgiving traditions?
It has created a black Friday event causing family to separate early on the holiday to get the best deals
absoluly nothing. It is the start as the holiday shopping season. Nothing to do with thanksgiving
To encourage early holiday shopping
Many Native American peoples had traditions of harvest celebrations. However, Thanksgiving as it is celebrated in the United States and Canada evolved directly from the traditions of European settlers.
Boxing Day is the cheapest holiday to go shopping on in Canada and other countries that participate in Boxing Day. The cheapest holiday to go shopping on in America and other countries that participate would be Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving.
Beginning the day after Thanksgiving, holiday shopping hours for Office Max are from 6 AM to 12 midnight. This includes Black Friday and Christmas Eve.
Amazon will have some great deals on holiday shopping. You should wait until after thanksgiving to do any holiday shopping. You will be able to get some great deals on amazon if you do so.
The day after Thanksgiving is known as the busiest shopping day in the world.
If you're referring to the Friday after Thanksgiving Day in the US, you should know that 'black friday' is not a holiday and it's only 'celebrated' by people who like shopping for bargains. I know that it's hard to believe, but many Americans do not like shopping and most Americans stay out of stores on the busiest shopping day of the year. Since the French don't celebrate Thanksgiving, and I'm guessing that their Christmas is not as commercial as it is in the US, and that a 'mad shopping day' to prepare for the next holiday probably isn't of great interest to the French. The only other country to have a holiday for Thanksgiving is Canada, which is celebrated on a Monday.
The first Thanksgiving was in 1602. George Washington designated it an official American holiday in 1789, and Abraham Lincoln signed the holiday into law in 1863.
More than 25% of people get engaged during the winter holiday season (Christmas, Thanksgiving, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah), beyond that it is relatively random but affected by personal events, family traditions, and local holidays.