This is one of the most ridiculous things I’ve heard in a long while.

10,000 people showed up at the mall hoping to get some good deals and possibly a gift bag. Some started lining up as early as Thanksgiving afternoon according to this article.

What is Christmas becoming? The Mall opens the doors at 1 a.m. to kick off the shopping season and it turns into an embarrassment for the city as reported by the Consumerist.com. Don’t forget to read through the comments so you can see how Boise represented itself to the Nation… the World even.

Is this becoming the trend? No… not shopping for Christmas on the day after thanksgiving… But the chaos and disregard for your fellow human being in hopes of elbowing your way to savings.

The day has been known as Black Friday for a long time. Maybe now it won’t be called Black Friday because it is traditionally the day retailers hope to get out of the “red” and into the “black” financially. But, instead, for another more obvious reason.

My roommate had planned on going to the Mall to get in on the shopping and possibly get a gift bag. She didn’t make it and later told me she was glad her, her sister, and mother didn’t go.