The Reason for the Season

From our current affairs editor, Lemuel Stuart III:

Stuff those turkeys in the oven early this Thursday, people, so that you and the fam can rush out to the malls and mega-box stores for some pre-Black-Friday sales on Thanksgetting (formerly known as Thanksgiving).

Target opens at 5:00 p.m., but Super Walmart Centers will be open 24 hours -- so maybe forget the turkey dinner and pack some turkey sandwiches in a cooler!  Better yet -- hit the K-Mart early and get the kids turkey pizza at the Little Caesars' counter -- they're having a holiday sale with free garlic knots with the purchase of two pizzas -- just say "Pizza Pizza."

Below on the left:  Emmett Lee Dickinson's now-classic poem about Black Friday,"Buyers, in the early morning."  Dickinson's poem inspired third cousin Emily to pen her poem "Angels, in the early morning" (below on the right).

By Emmett Lee Dickinson:
 
Buyers, in the early morning
May be seen the stores among,
Shoving – plucking – shopping – buying –
Do the sales to them belong?
 
Buyers, when the sun is hottest
May be seen the crowds among,
Shoving – plucking – shopping – buying –
Taxed with bargains they bear along.

By Emily Dickinson:
 
Angels, in the early morning
May be seen the dews among,
Stooping – plucking – smiling – flying –
Do the buds to them belong?
 
Angels, when the sun is hottest
May be seen the sands among,
Stooping – plucking – smiling – flying –
Parched the flowers they bear along.