Have you Noticed?

Holiday traditions going by the wayside. I was at the outlet mall on Black friday. very few people in sight. We used to get the holiday sale fliers in the Thursday paper. No more. No more Christmas cards either.

Makes me kind of sad. Have you noticed anything going away that you miss?

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cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

There were a few holiday flyers in my paper. But even the Black Friday ads were minimal compared to previous years. I didn’t even see a Best Buy, Target or Walmart flyer this year. So many are posting online these days and customers are checking their websites. I had no intentions of going to Black Friday sales anyway. And thinking about it haven’t seen that many holiday commercials. Oh yeah a truck commercial keeps playing but they always try to hard sell at the end of the year. I remember when toys, small appliances, candies and other such things used to be in commercials before Christmas.

hippyjoe1955 · 70-79, M

@cherokeepatti I suspect that a lot of flyer business is vanishing because people don't read them. When I get a flyer it goes from the mail box to the recycle box without me even opening them. I think the internet has played a major role in that transformation of business models. Remember the Christmas catalogues we all used to get? The mail order business has simply transformed into an online shop.

akindheart · 70-79, F

@cherokeepatti i received Lowe's or Home Depot and that was it.