Showing posts with label Thanksgiving. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thanksgiving. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Friday, November 22, 2019
November 22, 1919. Carlisle Missing, Labor having a party, Petroleum and its costs.
Those following the posts here recently (fewer in number now that the Great War and the drama associated with it are over, somewhat), have been reading about the quixotic flight of Wyoming train robber, Bill Carlisle and may be disappointed to not find him here again. Well, the pursuit having fizzled, he was off the front page. He was out there, hiding, or something, but posses headed for the Hole in the Wall or expecting another train robbery were disappointed, and therefore the local newspaper's readers were as well. Instead, they read about the coal strike and increased tension with Mexico.
First national convention of the Labor Party, Chicago Ill. November 22, 1919
In Chicago a new political party was meeting, the Labor Party of the United States. This back when third parties still had a chance of success.
This party wouldn't have much, as such. It merged with another party in 1921 to become the Farmer Labor Party. That party lasted until 1936 when a further merger created the Federated Farmer Labor Party, which became the Minnesota Farmer Labor Party at that time. It lasted until 1944.
The populist party was a left wing populist social democratic party. Three of its members occupied the Minnesota state house as governor from 1931 until 1939, showing it to be successful. It also sent Congressmen to Washington every year from 1918 until 1942, save for one year. One year it sent five Congressman back east. Four Minnesota Senators were also members of the party or associated with it. In 1944 it reorganized and became the Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party which is affiliated with the Democratic Party, meaning that its relevance is minimal in real terms. Democrats in Minnesotal are part of the Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party whether they know it or not, meaning that current Presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar is a member of it.
"Block 818 from the west". November 22, 1919.
Down in Texas more panoramic photos of big oil fields were being photographed.
Elsewhere, the Gasoline Alley bunch was meeting and pondering the costs of transportation.
Thanksgiving Day, then as now, was coming right up. On this Saturday The Literary Digest anticipated the holiday on its cover with a Rockwell illustration. Thanksgiving day itself in 1919 was on November 27.
Saturday, December 1, 2018
Poster Saturday; the November 30, 1918 Saturday Evening Post
Another Leydecker illustration in which all the technical details are correct, but his color is off, way off.
It's really strange. Leydecker obviously studied his topic so as to get material details to the point of high accuracy, including in this illustration the World War One vintage "Pershing Boots" issued to soldiers in Europe. But his colors were almost always wrong for the U.S. Army uniform of World War One and in fact much closer to those for the German uniform.
I wonder why that was?
Wednesday, November 28, 2018
Thanksgiving Day, 1918
The first Thanksgiving of the peace (keeping in mind that the United States only went through one wartime Thanksgiving in which it was a combatant), occurred on this day, in 1918.
I posted an item on this yesterday in that one of the Cheyenne newspapers ran an article about things being closed in Cheyenne today, and there having been late shopping last night, a century ago. Sounds a lot like today, eh? In today's Casper Daily Press you can tell that they sent the employees home (keeping in mind that newspapers are put together the prior evening, if they're morning papers) so there'd be no paper on Friday.
That was so that people could enjoy the holidays on an American holiday that has remained much like it has always been, which is a refreshing thing to realize.
One of the things about Thanksgiving, which we've also already posted on, is a big gathering. I've also posted on that here as well, in this entry:
One of the things I didn't note in that entry, but which I should have, is that there was no "local food movement" at the time as all food was local. Indeed, the most recent comment on this blog made me realize there's an element of that I'm not aware of, and as that's the purpose of this blog, exploring such topics, I'll be posting a query thread on that soon. Anyhow, when I noted that some of these menus had "fowl" on them, it should have occurred to me that obtaining a fresh turkey probably presented greater or lesser difficulties (especially in 1918) for the cook depending upon where you lived. Most folks probably could go to the butcher and obtain a turkey, and almost certainly some local farmer, even in Wyoming localities, raised them for the Holidays specifically. Still, some hosts probably had menus that featured freshly obtained game, such as pheasant or, in Wyoming, ducks, geese or even sage chickens, all of which I find pretty darned tasty.
Of course, a lot of Americans were eating Thanksgiving Day dinners overseas in a mess hall of some sort in 1918. What sort of menu did they find in the offering? The authors of the excellent Roads to the Great War blog have that one covered:
As it probably surprised some folks that Thanksgiving Day in 1918 was on November 28. But as readers here will recall, the current calendar position of the holiday is a recent one, as this holiday used to move a fair bit around the month of November.
Any way you look at it, for most people this was likely a happier holiday than the one in 1917 had been. . . although for thousands of others, it was likely a profoundly sad one.
I posted an item on this yesterday in that one of the Cheyenne newspapers ran an article about things being closed in Cheyenne today, and there having been late shopping last night, a century ago. Sounds a lot like today, eh? In today's Casper Daily Press you can tell that they sent the employees home (keeping in mind that newspapers are put together the prior evening, if they're morning papers) so there'd be no paper on Friday.
That was so that people could enjoy the holidays on an American holiday that has remained much like it has always been, which is a refreshing thing to realize.
One of the things about Thanksgiving, which we've also already posted on, is a big gathering. I've also posted on that here as well, in this entry:
Blog Mirror: Hundred-year-old Thanksgiving Menus
From A Hundred Years Ago:
It's interesting to note what's on the menu not only for what's on it, but what isn't. The authors of these menus didn't necessarily think that you had to have turkey. Indeed, turkey is only on one of the menus. "Roast fowl" is on two of them. But what sort of fowl were they thinking of? Any fowl? Pheasant?
And wine isn't on the menu at all. I note that as if you spend any time watching the endless Thanksgiving shows that will now be appearing on the Food Channel, or whatever, they're all going to have a part, or at least some surely will, where somebody talks about pairing wine with turkey (as they're all going to feature turkey. . . which is okay as I like turkey).
They're all going to have pumpkin pie as well. . . which only one of these does. One of these, for that matter, has Maple Parfait. What's that?
Interesting stuff.
Hundred-year-old Thanksgiving Menus
It's interesting to note what's on the menu not only for what's on it, but what isn't. The authors of these menus didn't necessarily think that you had to have turkey. Indeed, turkey is only on one of the menus. "Roast fowl" is on two of them. But what sort of fowl were they thinking of? Any fowl? Pheasant?
And wine isn't on the menu at all. I note that as if you spend any time watching the endless Thanksgiving shows that will now be appearing on the Food Channel, or whatever, they're all going to have a part, or at least some surely will, where somebody talks about pairing wine with turkey (as they're all going to feature turkey. . . which is okay as I like turkey).
They're all going to have pumpkin pie as well. . . which only one of these does. One of these, for that matter, has Maple Parfait. What's that?
Interesting stuff.
One of the things I didn't note in that entry, but which I should have, is that there was no "local food movement" at the time as all food was local. Indeed, the most recent comment on this blog made me realize there's an element of that I'm not aware of, and as that's the purpose of this blog, exploring such topics, I'll be posting a query thread on that soon. Anyhow, when I noted that some of these menus had "fowl" on them, it should have occurred to me that obtaining a fresh turkey probably presented greater or lesser difficulties (especially in 1918) for the cook depending upon where you lived. Most folks probably could go to the butcher and obtain a turkey, and almost certainly some local farmer, even in Wyoming localities, raised them for the Holidays specifically. Still, some hosts probably had menus that featured freshly obtained game, such as pheasant or, in Wyoming, ducks, geese or even sage chickens, all of which I find pretty darned tasty.
Of course, a lot of Americans were eating Thanksgiving Day dinners overseas in a mess hall of some sort in 1918. What sort of menu did they find in the offering? The authors of the excellent Roads to the Great War blog have that one covered:
Roads to the Great War: Thanksgiving Day 1918: Happy Thanksgiving from the Roads Editorial Team Much of the American Expeditionary Force found itself stuck in France after the Armis...I don't know what "Dardanelle Turkey" is, unless that was the menu author's play on words Turkey keeping in mind that the recently defeated Ottoman Empire controlled the Dardanelles. Perhaps. But "White Fish" also on the menu. . .? That one surprised me.
As it probably surprised some folks that Thanksgiving Day in 1918 was on November 28. But as readers here will recall, the current calendar position of the holiday is a recent one, as this holiday used to move a fair bit around the month of November.
Any way you look at it, for most people this was likely a happier holiday than the one in 1917 had been. . . although for thousands of others, it was likely a profoundly sad one.
Tuesday, November 27, 2018
November 27, 1918. The Consumer Economy appears and the Nation resumes a Peacetime Economy.
The Laramie Boomerang reported that the country was resuming a peacetime economy and cutting appropriations, which in fact was done very rapidly, and with a somewhat disastrous impact on the national economy and individual businesses. At the same time, the paper was reporting that a giant military commitment of 1,200,000 men would remain in Europe for the time being.
At UW, the campus military training detachment was standing down. Mass military training at UW came to an end.
The Casper newspaper, however, was focused on Thanksgiving, which in 1918 occurred on November 28.
To my surprise, Thanksgiving was clearly already associated with shopping, giving evidence to that phenomenon having existed much earlier than I would have supposed. Indeed, an occasional topic of historical focus in some areas of historical focus is when the consumer economy first appeared. Whenever that was (and its generally regarded as having its origins prior to World War One, it was clearly before 1918 as the stores in Cheyenne were going to be open to 9:00 this evening.
Monday, November 26, 2018
Thanksgiving and Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday, oh my!
Today is Cyber Monday, originally so named as this was the day when workers returning to their offices, work stations, cubicles etc., chose to shop on company time, rather than dive right back in.
Not surprising really. Those with a long weekend tend to return for the most part with the post holiday blahs.
Retailers, however, picked up this pretty quickly and started offering Cyber Monday deals, making it a real thing.
How about you, have you participated in the Consumer Culture Bacchanalia? It's sort of hard not to, although I support Small Business Saturday.
Which doesn't mean I participated in it. I don't like shopping much anyhow. And my land line phone has broken so that the message light hasn't been going off. Given that, I missed an invitation to a book signing, but truth be known as I was very much looking forwards to four days in a row with now work, perhaps that was to my benefit in another sense. Book signings make me really tense as I'm highly introverted by nature, something that people who know me only in a professional sense would be surprised to learn.
Anyhow, I guess it isn't true that I didn't participate entirely. That Saturday I did run out and stop by a sporting goods store to get something I required anyhow. Things were marked way, way down and it wasn't until I got home that I realized that it must have been a Small Business Saturday sale.
My daughter and wife did participate, however. They went to a collection of small local businesses on Saturday to shop for Christmas. Good for them.
Thanksgiving was otherwise low key but odd. As already noted on these pages, we went to our in laws where an elderly hunter died in a field while we were out there. Strange melancholy experience. The next day I had a message from one of my employees about a medical emergency of epic proportions in their family, very distressing indeed. All that caste a sort of tense gloom over things. I didn't work, however, and did go hunting a couple of times.
Cyber Monday? Who knows, perhaps even I'll participate a bit.
Not surprising really. Those with a long weekend tend to return for the most part with the post holiday blahs.
Retailers, however, picked up this pretty quickly and started offering Cyber Monday deals, making it a real thing.
How about you, have you participated in the Consumer Culture Bacchanalia? It's sort of hard not to, although I support Small Business Saturday.
Which doesn't mean I participated in it. I don't like shopping much anyhow. And my land line phone has broken so that the message light hasn't been going off. Given that, I missed an invitation to a book signing, but truth be known as I was very much looking forwards to four days in a row with now work, perhaps that was to my benefit in another sense. Book signings make me really tense as I'm highly introverted by nature, something that people who know me only in a professional sense would be surprised to learn.
Anyhow, I guess it isn't true that I didn't participate entirely. That Saturday I did run out and stop by a sporting goods store to get something I required anyhow. Things were marked way, way down and it wasn't until I got home that I realized that it must have been a Small Business Saturday sale.
My daughter and wife did participate, however. They went to a collection of small local businesses on Saturday to shop for Christmas. Good for them.
Thanksgiving was otherwise low key but odd. As already noted on these pages, we went to our in laws where an elderly hunter died in a field while we were out there. Strange melancholy experience. The next day I had a message from one of my employees about a medical emergency of epic proportions in their family, very distressing indeed. All that caste a sort of tense gloom over things. I didn't work, however, and did go hunting a couple of times.
Cyber Monday? Who knows, perhaps even I'll participate a bit.
Saturday, November 24, 2018
A Thanksgiving Passing
I didn't know him.
He was an old man, upper 70s, at an age when some men are older than others.
I'd heard of him first in October. We were at the farm for dinner with the in-laws and his truck was parked in a field. My father in law related that he'd been coming out white tail deer hunting, but it seemed that what he mostly loved to do was just to watch the deer.
He was in very poor condition, my father in law related. That is, he was in very bad health.
On Thanksgiving his truck went by again. We never heard a shot. Some time later his son drove in and didn't stop. And then he drove back out. When he returned, the sheriff was right behind him and they again drove through the farm yard and out to the field. By the time my father in law and I were in the yard getting ready to drive out to see what was gong on, an ambulance was driving in.
When we arrived, the sheriff, county fire, an ambulance, his son and his grandson were all there. But he'd passed. He had finally shot a deer, a nice white tail buck, but his heart started failing in the effort to drag him in. He'd called his son for help, but it was too late. He was gone by the time his son arrived and I'm certain that he was gone soon after that call.
His son was in his fifties and related that he wished he'd come to their Thanksgiving gathering nearby, but the paused to note that it could have happened at any time. The adult grandson noted "better here than in the office". I think that grandson was right. The sheriff deputy stated "he went doing something he loved".
And indeed he had.
He was an old man, upper 70s, at an age when some men are older than others.
I'd heard of him first in October. We were at the farm for dinner with the in-laws and his truck was parked in a field. My father in law related that he'd been coming out white tail deer hunting, but it seemed that what he mostly loved to do was just to watch the deer.
He was in very poor condition, my father in law related. That is, he was in very bad health.
On Thanksgiving his truck went by again. We never heard a shot. Some time later his son drove in and didn't stop. And then he drove back out. When he returned, the sheriff was right behind him and they again drove through the farm yard and out to the field. By the time my father in law and I were in the yard getting ready to drive out to see what was gong on, an ambulance was driving in.
When we arrived, the sheriff, county fire, an ambulance, his son and his grandson were all there. But he'd passed. He had finally shot a deer, a nice white tail buck, but his heart started failing in the effort to drag him in. He'd called his son for help, but it was too late. He was gone by the time his son arrived and I'm certain that he was gone soon after that call.
His son was in his fifties and related that he wished he'd come to their Thanksgiving gathering nearby, but the paused to note that it could have happened at any time. The adult grandson noted "better here than in the office". I think that grandson was right. The sheriff deputy stated "he went doing something he loved".
And indeed he had.
Monday, November 19, 2018
Thursday, November 15, 2018
Blog Mirror: Hundred-year-old Thanksgiving Menus
From A Hundred Years Ago:
It's interesting to note what's on the menu not only for what's on it, but what isn't. The authoris of these menus didn't necessarily think that you had to have turkey. Indeed, turkey is only on one of the menus. "Roast fowl" is on two of them. But what sort of fowl were they thinking of? Any fowl? Pheasant?
And wine isn't on the menu at all. I note that as if you spend any time watching the endless Thanksgiving shows that will now be appearing on the Food Channel, or whatever, they're all going to have a part, or at least some surely will, where somebody talks about pairing wine with turkey (as they're all going to feature turkey. . . which is okay as I like turkey).
They're all going to have pumpkin pie as well. . . which only one of these does. One of these, for that matter, has Maple Parfait. What's that?
Interesting stuff.
Hundred-year-old Thanksgiving Menus
It's interesting to note what's on the menu not only for what's on it, but what isn't. The authoris of these menus didn't necessarily think that you had to have turkey. Indeed, turkey is only on one of the menus. "Roast fowl" is on two of them. But what sort of fowl were they thinking of? Any fowl? Pheasant?
And wine isn't on the menu at all. I note that as if you spend any time watching the endless Thanksgiving shows that will now be appearing on the Food Channel, or whatever, they're all going to have a part, or at least some surely will, where somebody talks about pairing wine with turkey (as they're all going to feature turkey. . . which is okay as I like turkey).
They're all going to have pumpkin pie as well. . . which only one of these does. One of these, for that matter, has Maple Parfait. What's that?
Interesting stuff.
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Thanksgiving 1917
Given the news of the day, it couldn't have been a cheery one.
President Wilson issued a proclamation, as was the custom:
President Wilson issued a proclamation, as was the custom:
By the President of the United States of AmericaThe news, overall, was pretty grim:
A Proclamation
It has long been the honored custom of our people to turn in the fruitful autumn of the year in praise and thanksgiving to Almighty God for His many blessings and mercies to us as a nation. That custom we can follow now even in the midst of the tragedy of a world shaken by war and immeasurable disaster, in the midst of sorrow and great peril, because even amidst the darkness that has gathered about us we can see the great blessings God has bestowed upon us, blessings that are better than mere peace of mind and prosperity of enterprise.
We have been given the opportunity to serve mankind as we once served ourselves in the great day of our Declaration of Independence, by taking up arms against a tyranny that threatened to master and debase men everywhere and joining with other free peoples in demanding for all the nations of the world what we then demanded and obtained for ourselves. In this day of the revelation of our duty not only to defend our own rights as nation but to defend also the rights of free men throughout the world, there has been vouchsafed us in full and inspiring measure the resolution and spirit of united action. We have been brought to one mind and purpose. A new vigor of common counsel and common action has been revealed in us. We should especially thank God that in such circumstances, in the midst of the greatest enterprise the spirits of men have ever entered upon, we have, if we but observe a reasonable and practicable economy, abundance with which to supply the needs of those associated with us as well as our own. A new light shines about us. The great duties of a new day awaken a new and greater national spirit in us. We shall never again be divided or wonder what stuff we are made of.
And while we render thanks for these things let us pray Almighty God that in all humbleness of spirit we may look always to Him for guidance; that we may be kept constant in the spirit and purpose of service; that by His grace our minds may be directed and our hands strengthened; and that in His good time liberty and security and peace and the comradeship of a common justice may be vouchsafed all the nations of the earth.
Wherefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Thursday, the twenty-ninth day of November next as a day of thanksgiving and prayer, and invite the people throughout the land to cease upon that day from their ordinary occupations and in their several homes and places of worship to render thanks to God, the great ruler of nations.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
Done in the District of Columbia this 7th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seventeen and of the independence of the United States of America the one hundred and forty-second.
WOODROW WILSON
The concern of what was going on with Russia, as can be seen, was mounting.
So what was Thanksgiving like in 1917 for average Americans? This item from A Hundred Years Ago gives us a glimpse/ This ran on A Hundred Years Ago prior to the 2017 Thanksgiving. I'm linking it in now, as the 1917 Thanksgiving was on this day, rather than the slightly earlier day in November we now celebrate it on. An interesting look at earlier Thanksgivings:
Interesting that goose was the meat of choice.Grandma’s 1914 Thanksgiving
Thursday, November 23, 2017
Lex Anteinternet: Thanksgiving
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Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Thanksgiving Day, 1916
November 23 was Thanksgiving Day in 1916. Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation to that effect on November 17, 1916.
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
It has long been the custom of our people to turn in the fruitful autumn of the year in praise and thanksgiving to Almighty God for His many blessings and mercies to us as a nation. The year that has elapsed since we last observed our day of thanksgiving has been rich in blessings to us as a people, but the whole face of the world has been darkened by war. In the midst of our peace and happiness, our thoughts dwell with painful disquiet upon the struggles and sufferings of the nations at war and of the peoples upon whom war has brought disaster without choice or possibility of escape on their part. We cannot think of our own happiness without thinking also of their pitiful distress.
Now, Therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, do appoint Thursday, the thirtieth of November, as a day of National Thanksgiving and Prayer, and urge and advise the people to resort to their several places of worship on that day to render thanks to Almighty God for the blessings of peace and unbroken prosperity which He has bestowed upon our beloved country in such unstinted measure. And I also urge and suggest our duty in this our day of peace and abundance to think in deep sympathy of the stricken peoples of the world upon whom the curse and terror of war has so pitilessly fallen, and to contribute out of our abundant means to the relief of their suffering. Our people could in no better way show their real attitude towards the present struggle of the nations than by contributing out of their abundance to the relief of the suffering which war has brought in its train.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington this seventeenth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixteen and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and forty-first.
It must have been a stressful one for a lot of people. War was raging in Europe and a lot of Wyomingites were serving on the border with Mexico. The local economy was booming, and there were a lot of changes going on in the towns, but due to the international conflict.
Saturday, November 26, 2016
The Cheyenne Leader for November 26, 1916 (but with a date error): U.S. Ready to Ratify Protocol With Mexico
We need to note here that the Leader made an error on its date on page 1. To show that, we've uploaded page 2 as well. This was the November 26 paper, note the November 25 paper.
Woodrow Wilson, the Leader reported, was ready to ratify the protocol with Mexico. But was Carranza ready? The battle appeared to be turning for Carranza's enemy, Villa, in Chihuahua.
In Washington, John E. Osborne, former Wyoming Governor, appeared to be pondering leaving his Assistant Secretary of State position in the Wilson administration in order to head back to Wyoming.
And sad news was reported regarding the death if Inez Milholland Bossevain, who had been in Cheyenne during the Presidential campaign.
And the Governor put out a Thanksgiving message for the upcoming holiday.
Thursday, November 24, 2016
Lex Anteinternet: Thanksgiving
Casper's Thomas Gobbler, the urban (and not very smart) turkey on the town. I always wonder if he'll be around after Thanksgiving every year.
Back in 2013 I ran a long item (as I am, of course, wont to do) on Thanksgiving as a holiday. As I still think that entry is pretty good, I'll simply direct us back to that item, here:
Lex Anteinternet: Thanksgiving: Today, November 22, is the Thanksgiving Holiday for 2012. Thanksgiving remains one of the two really big holidays in the United States, ...
Of note, in 2013, Thanksgiving was apparently on November 22. That seems rather early to me, but this year I'm also reminded, as I've been running things from 1916, that in that year it was on November 23.
I don't usually write the essay of "what we're grateful for", but I'll depart just a bit to note that I'm grateful that 2016 is drawing to a close. It's been a terrible year for me, with a lot of disasters of one kind or another, and the death of my mother, which because of the circumstances of it made for what seemed to me to be the loss of my mother and my father (who actually died over twenty years ago). So on a personal level, it hasn't been a great year. I'm glad and thankful for the chance to have a four day holiday, as I frankly need it a bit this year.
The overall blue nature of the year, at least for me, has been compounded by the recent bizarre election. I've quite running so many after action items on that as there's just a flood of them, and to some extent I'm just going to wait to see how things turn out next year. Suffice it to say, I was stunned and amazed that Donald Trump received the GOP nomination and that he was elected President. But then I was baffled by why the Democrats would take a page out of their past and go back to a candidate who just screamed 1970s establishment to everyone. Bizarre.
On a local level we saw some odd politics as well, although it seemed to smooth out. Having said that, this upcoming Legislative session is going to see another shortsighted effort to seize lands from the Federal Government we promised not to mess with when we became a state, so more stress for the regular Wyomingites in the offering.
Which brings me to this. I know that Thanksgiving is the traditional "turkey day", and is usually marked by the watching of endless football games. But try to get out a bit. This holiday, more than others, has an outdoor origin really. And just watching the America's dullest pastime on television misses the point. And we all need a break.
Monday, November 30, 2015
Eh? Oh Cyber Monday
I'd forgotten that Black Friday is followed by Cyber Monday.
As I don't pay much attention to such things, I'd sort of dimly recalled that there was a computer sales hootenanny, but I didn't remember when. I sort of thought it was Saturday.
It's today, Monday, as people return to work, and shop with their work computers. Seriously. Makes sense, I guess.
So there you have it. Thanksgiving, with Black Friday creeping into Thursday night of Thanksgiving. Black Friday. Then Small Business Saturday, followed by Cyber Monday. Black Friday seems to have been a disappointment, I guess, and so there's big hopes pinned on Cyber Monday. I guess it's the equivalent of what catalogs were, with much more ease of purchase, back when I was young.
As I don't pay much attention to such things, I'd sort of dimly recalled that there was a computer sales hootenanny, but I didn't remember when. I sort of thought it was Saturday.
It's today, Monday, as people return to work, and shop with their work computers. Seriously. Makes sense, I guess.
So there you have it. Thanksgiving, with Black Friday creeping into Thursday night of Thanksgiving. Black Friday. Then Small Business Saturday, followed by Cyber Monday. Black Friday seems to have been a disappointment, I guess, and so there's big hopes pinned on Cyber Monday. I guess it's the equivalent of what catalogs were, with much more ease of purchase, back when I was young.
Thursday, November 26, 2015
A day in the life: Thanksgiving 1915
People leaving a Thanksgiving Day Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York, 1915.
Thanksgiving Day "Maskers", approximately 1915. I have absolutely no idea what this tradition was.
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Lex Anteinternet: Distributist of the world unite! National Small B...
Lex Anteinternet: Distributist of the world unite! National Small B...: Saturday, November 29, is National Small Business Saturday, a holiday, of sorts, oddly enough thought up American Express. This follow...Since posting this I've been impressed by the seemingly endless series of days that follow Thanksgiving, dedicated or observed in some informal fashion. The sales frenzy following Thanksgiving is, of course, Black Friday. Then we have now National Small Business Saturday. I'd forgotten that the following Monday is Cyber Monday, but saw reporting on it, on the news, yesterday. And today is apparently something like C heritable Tuesday. An interesting series of competing, or perhaps compatible, forces at work there.
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