Monday Nov 5, 2018
for many years I have posted Emerson's essay on gifts prior to Black Friday, the annual shopping extravaganza that officially kicks off retail insanity. It used to be that Christmas Season did not officially start until after Thanksgiving. Yet I already see electronic trees and other stuff at Costco. So in a desperate plea for some sort of sanity I am posting the Essay in early November. I will be asking my classes to reflect on this 1844 essay which is surely as relevant today as then.
An example of what I mean here
Emerson's 1844 Essay on Gifts
https://www.bartleby.com/90/0305.html
An analysis of Gifts
https://thewolfereview.com/2017/10/09/the-meaning-and-symbolism-behind-gifts-ralph-waldo-emerson/
Professor Elam 
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