Is It Time to Give Thanks or Just Shop Until You Drop

I heard on the radio today that many of the stores are opening at 4 am on Friday. Who in their right mind is going to be out at that time? I remember when I would shop on Day ofter Thanksgiving with a time schedule. Sears at 6 am, Circuit City at 7, then Kmart at 8, and all the stores in between. It was cool having 5 hours of shopping done and home at 10 am. Now that I don't have any money it seems like such a waste. Nobody ever likes their gifts, or they get put up, toys were broken by the end of Christmas Day. It's a big waste now.
Have I lost the spirit of the season? No, but I've realized it is important to find Christ in all holidays, not just the pagan one which was dubbed with his name. Yes Pagan, Michaelmas has been a holiday since before Christ himself, it is a holiday celebrating the winter solstice, celebrating the birth of Tammuz. Thus the need for ginger bread men.
So while you're out shopping for kids you only see once a year, remember it's all about Christ.