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*How do you explain what Black Friday is to a six year old? Here’s my solution to help make “Black Friday with a Golden Heart!” a tradition worth keeping!
Earlier in the week, my daughter decided that she really wanted to see what Black Friday was all about. As an adult, my immediate thought was that it is about the competitive nature to score the big deals, win the limited quantity finds, and get more more more! BUT… I took a few moments to think about how to change the conversation.
(Original post about how to disguise Black Friday: here.)
The plan:
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One store (our local Target)
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One hundred dollar limit
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One mission: to shop for gifts to donate.
I couldn’t have been prouder! She filled up the cart, keeping tally on a calculator. She even “splurged” on a big ticket item for $35, which she said, that some child would LOVE to open on Christmas morning so we *had* to put it into the cart. Overall, I think she did a great job with all of her selection. Definitely well beyond a hundred dollars worth of smiles were placed into our cart yesterday!
And, as a bonus- my dad called to have us tag along with him last night on a mission to Toys R Us! He was so inspired by his granddaughter that he too wanted to fill a cart of goodies to donate! (His mission was to find only Thor and Captain America toys; which he did.) This is a Black Friday tradition that I will absolutely continue next year!
The location that we selected to donate our finds from the First Annual Black Friday Donation Run:
Westchester Christmas Dinner
(No portion of this post was sponsored by Target nor Toys R Us.)
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