1.0J Walkinghttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/jwalkingJ-Walkinghttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/jwalking/author/jwalkingShopping - the new religion - J Walkingrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="jcBoGO7ozJ"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/jwalking/2006/11/shopping-new-religion.html">Shopping – the new religion</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/jwalking/2006/11/shopping-new-religion.html/embed#?secret=jcBoGO7ozJ" width="600" height="338" title="“Shopping – the new religion” — J Walking" data-secret="jcBoGO7ozJ" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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From today’s New York Times about the big shopping day after Thanksgiving: Perhaps it should be renamed Black-and-Blue Friday. For decades, the day after Thanksgiving has been called simply Black Friday, because it is the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season, when retailers supposedly move into the black, or start turning a profit. But…