Veterans Day SALE!!!

Today is Veterans Day (formerly Armistice Day). It is a day to honor United States veterans of all wars. But like most American holidays, it's just an excuse to get a day off work and/or shop. As we all know, Christmas starts in October now, and not everyone celebrates Christmas anyway (I won't even go into the recent War on Christmas here). Thanksgiving is basically for eating and watching football, and I think FDR moved it back a week to kickstart the Christmas buying season. Valentine's Day is a terribly commercial holiday that starts right after Christmas is over. Easter's religious themes have given way to chocolate, eggs, and gifts. Gifts! I never got gifts on Easter, just chocolate. I'm not religious, so many of these holidays mean spending time with family, as that's what is important to me. Last year for Christmas, for adult gifts, we gave money to a charity in their name, but we gave my niece and nephew toys.

Am I also guilty of being a holiday commercialist? Of course, I make food for a living, and I will cater to whatever holiday is coming up. I will take my wife out to dinner on Valentine's Day, and I have gotten her chocolates. But Veterans Day (and Memorial Day) shouldn't be treated this way, as those days are honoring the people that let us commercialize these holidays in the first place! So if you haven't already done it, please thank a vet today. They deserve it.