Journal 6- Holiday Shopping

                         People are waiting in line to get into Best Buy on Black Friday.


 So Thanksgiving was last week Thursday which means Black Friday shopping. Thanksgiving Day the ads are released, so those crazy shoppers can make their list of what they want to get at the different stores. Honestly, I am not that big into getting the best deals as I possibly can on something. For one who would want to deal with a bunch of people all at once trying to get what you want to get, that’s just crazy. And how people wait in line the night before so that they guarantee that they are going to get what’s on their list; I give people a lot of props for waiting in line, but my question is why? In today’s society we have a thing called the internet which makes this Black Friday shopping a whole lot easier. Thanksgiving Day my aunt was able to order some Christmas presents online before it even was Black Friday. I took my little brother to Wal-Mart and it seemed like the whole town of Wisconsin Rapids was there, we didn’t even bother to go in and see if we could get his video game. The whole reason why I go out on Black Friday is to see all the crazy people and what they are going after, I am one not to wake up early just to go and get something so I miss getting to see all the crazy shoppers. Personally I would rather do all my shopping online if I was capable; which I am now able to due to Cyber Monday, which is the Monday following Thanksgiving. Cyber Monday allows the same deals that are on Black Friday except they are on the stores. I was watching the news today (11/26/12) and they stated that Cyber Monday provides even better deals. So I am thinking that from now on I am going to say screw waking up early and dealing with a bunch of people, I am going to do all my shopping online on Cyber Mondays. And a bonus to that is that I can stay home and do all my shopping, plus they will deliver everything to my house.

Journal 3- Halloween

Halloween is celebrated around the world and known as the Eve of All Saints’ Day or All Hollows Eve but here in the United States it is celebrates Halloween on October 31^st where children go door to door dressed up in costumes trick or treating Growing up I loved dressing up and going Trick or Treating on Halloween and you know what I still do minus the Trick or Treating part. When I was in elementary school we celebrated Halloween and were able to dress up in costumes having a Halloween party but in today’s society this is very scarce due to the schools political view on costumes and the religion of the students. Religion plays a large role in Halloween, which it is your choice to celebrate this holiday.
Halloween isn’t all about the trick or treating it also includes the watching of scary movies, listening to ghost stories, going to haunted attractions, and carving pumpkins into jack-o-lanterns. It amazes me how crazy people get into Halloween, like some people go full out by having their house decorated inside and out compared to some people who don’t even answer the door to the trick or treaters.