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| The immense popularity of Black Friday and the introduction of Thanksgiving Day shopping | |
| this year is prompting many Americans to question the mental health of people who participate | |
| in these events. | |
| The success of Thanksgiving Day shopping has also prompted many media outlets to hint that Christmas Day shopping could be introduced to the public in coming years. | |
| We asked local Allstonites what they think of this prospect. | |
| Okay, do you want a Black Friday Christmas? | |
| No. | |
| Why not? | |
| Because you have 364 other days to shop and I don't think people should shop on Christmas Day. | |
| Absolutely not. | |
| I believe that Black Friday for Thanksgiving is already enough for the American consumer and Black Friday Christmas will destroy everything really Christmas is about. | |
| Finally destroy it for real. | |
| No. | |
| Why not? | |
| First of all, I don't even know what it is. | |
| Absolutely not. | |
| Um, I think that that would ruin Christmas. | |
| It just would, to make it its own holiday, would be... I don't know. | |
| I don't like it. | |
| That'd be awesome. | |
| Yes, definitely. | |
| I think it would help. | |
| I mean, if they want to be open, go for it. | |
| I'm not going to be out there shopping. | |
| So I'll be with family, hanging out at home, relaxing. | |
| What are your thoughts when you see videos of people trampling each other for cheap products? | |
| White trash. | |
| What are my thoughts? | |
| I would never, number one, stand in that line. | |
| Number two, I would never trample over people to get something at Walmart. | |
| I feel like they've lost all connection with humans and they see humans as sort of just a roadblock in their life, I guess. | |
| They're just completely closed off to others and just really simple-minded. | |
| Well, I think it's funny, like I said. | |
| Don't people get trampled? | |
| You think it's funny? | |
| I think it's sad. | |
| Well, it's kind of hard for me to say because I'm one of them sometimes. | |
| It's kind of an adrenaline rush to see, you know, they have five products at this price and there's 20 people going for it. | |
| You know, who can, it's like, who can win the trophy? | |
| Well, I'm working in the medical field and we had a lot of people that actually had broken bones because of Black Friday. | |
| You know, they got the TV, but they had a $4,000 doctor bill to go along with it. | |
| According to the National Retail Federation, stores that were open this past Thanksgiving Day experienced a 22% increase in profits over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. | |
| According to the Wall Street Journal, in past years, many retail stores were also closed for Memorial Day, Fourth of July, and Labor Day. | |
| What do you think of the fact that a lot of experts say that the discounts on Black Friday aren't even that great? | |
| I agree. | |
| Totally agree. | |
| They're not that great. | |
| They just make you spend more money. | |
| They're not that good. | |
| You can get the same discounts if you just watch the ads and look online. | |
| I didn't know that. | |
| That's pretty interesting, though. | |
| I didn't know that either. | |
| I mean, the first toy that I ever got from Black Friday was the Game Boy Color, and it was like $40 when we got it at the time. | |
| That was something that cost $200. | |
| So I always thought Black Friday was a great deal. | |
| Does the Black Friday-dization of society boost holiday morale or hurt holiday morale, in your opinion? | |
| I don't know if it boosts or hurts but it certainly changes the focus and that's the problem. | |
| I mean it can boost it. | |
| It can because I mean it's kind of a family thing. | |
| A lot of families make it an event to go and get everyone together so in a way it can create like a family thing. |
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