Is it just me?

Or is this the first year that retailers have actually used the words “Black Friday” in their advertisements for their Day(s) After Thanksgiving sales? It is everywhere on t.v., in print, and online. No mention of the “spirit of giving.” No mention of finding that “perfect gift.”   It’s as though they all got the same memo. The ads are all about unabashed greed and consumerism.  I find it disconcerting, and yet, at the same time, brutally honest.