Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things. (Philippians 4:8)

If you want to understand the passion this holiday inspires, watch what happens when stores open their doors at the crack of dawn or earlier. Watch how grown men shove old ladies aside so they can be the first to grab the season’s hottest new video game. In New York one year, just a few hours after putting down their Thanksgiving forks, fifty thousand people stood in the rain overnight awaiting the 5:00 a.m. opening of a mall. Fifty thousand people! That’s not being smart. It’s enslavement.

What’s your favorite holiday? Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving? Those make sense. But Black Friday? Give me a break!