Thanksgiving Is Not Over Yet

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I was thinking how much we all went through over the last 7-10 days and what we should look forward in the coming weeks.

We all had to deal with the Thanksgiving food shopping. We had to deal with the returning kids and their travel schedules. In our case we had to deal with the families that came from long distances and stayed with us for few days. A lot of airport runs and a lot of clean up afterward.

Then we had to go through the Black Friday which this year actually started on Thanksgiving evening just as we were finishing our Thanksgiving pies. Luckily the traffic at the malls were much lighter on Friday and wasn’t as bad as previous years.

Next came Cyber Monday with all the great deals we can get online. Actually there were many good deals and I found the next laptop I want to buy.

So as you see, we had to go through a lot in the last few days and now it’s all done. Or is it?

If you pay attention to what we did in the last 7-10 days you will notice that we did a lot of things that relates to our family and friends such as the Thanksgiving dinner and the Christmas gift buying. The total sales for the Black Friday weekend was $57.4 billion and Cyber Monday added another $2.3 billion. That equates to over $420 that each shopper spent on gifts presumably for family and friends.

In the next few weeks, there are no major events other than a few Christmas parties. I suggest after all the things we did for our family and friends, we take some time and give to others who may need some help.

This is the time of the year that we are in a giving mood and our communities need our help. The recent economy has not helped and there are many people who at no fault of themselves have become less fortunate and are in the need of some help.

I know many of you help various charities and groups and I hope you spread the word with others and get more people involved. Let’s make this holiday a happy one for more people.