Bunchland

What we’re reading today:

1. What’s the best vehicle for pumpkin? We like pumpkin bread, pumpkin soup, pumpkin pie, pumpkin ale, pumpkin lattes, etc. etc.

2. Hey new parents! Does having kids make you have to give in a little to Black Friday insanity?

3. Does seating your kid across the table from Grandma leave you anxious? Are you worried about “the open mouths, the feet on chairs, the slumping, the wrestling, the singing of songs about poop”? Here’s a crash course on table manners.

4. PETA is now marketing to kids with a billboard reading, “If you wouldn’t eat your dog, why eat a turkey?“

5. And now, Thanksgiving à la Wednesday Addams:

Photo by godutchbaby via Flickr

It’s one of the biggest shopping days of the year in the States! Out-of-this-world bargains, Black Friday Eve-camp-outs, shopper-on-shopper violence and oh-so-many maxed-out credit cards.

Considered by some to be the official kick-off to the holiday shopping season (never mind the fact that Christmas commercials have been airing since before Halloween), Black Friday is not a day for the casual mall-goer. According to the most reliable information source ever, the term “Black Friday” refers to the insane profits that retailers will experience at the end of the day (they are “in the black”), although it was coined by Philadelphia cops in the late 1960s to describe the insane and sometimes disruptive traffic, both pedestrian and vehicular.

The National Post gives you four reasons to stay away from the big boxes, while the Toronto Star joined up with some Canadians who camped out in a Walmart and found out what a 2-year-old would do with a Coach bag.  Read more...