JeSuisUnHombre@lemmy.zip to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTIL Thanksgiving was moved earlier so Christmas shopping could start sooner.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square32linkfedilinkarrow-up1393arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1383arrow-down1external-linkTIL Thanksgiving was moved earlier so Christmas shopping could start sooner.en.wikipedia.orgJeSuisUnHombre@lemmy.zip to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square32linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoDamn, what a concept. If people buy extra in this time period, it is 100% crap that they don’t need. Otherwise, they would be buying it, no matter when it gets stocked. So, the way to combat an economic crisis is to produce more garbage. Incredible.
minus-squaredavidgro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoAccording to the article it didn’t even work - there wasn’t a noticeable increase in spending.
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoAh, thanks, I hadn’t read that far. It says this: A 1941 Commerce Department survey found no significant expansion of retail sales due to the change. With this as source: https://www.nytimes.com/1941/05/21/archives/thanksgiving-goes-back-to-old-date-in-42-president-says-change-did.html
Damn, what a concept. If people buy extra in this time period, it is 100% crap that they don’t need. Otherwise, they would be buying it, no matter when it gets stocked. So, the way to combat an economic crisis is to produce more garbage. Incredible.
According to the article it didn’t even work - there wasn’t a noticeable increase in spending.
Ah, thanks, I hadn’t read that far. It says this:
With this as source: https://www.nytimes.com/1941/05/21/archives/thanksgiving-goes-back-to-old-date-in-42-president-says-change-did.html