Don’t Pretend Family Values Are Important to You if You’re Shopping on Thanksgiving

Muirae Demerse Kenney
Nov 4 · 5 min read

Look. I know times are tough, no matter what the economists say. I get it. My family is part of the bottom 64% of American families, too. Like many of those families, we don’t have a lot of cash on hand for stuff like Christmas presents. I have a pretty strict budget I stick to for presents for our five kids, my husband, and our extended family, which means deals are an amazing way to stretch that money.

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Muirae Demerse Kenney

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Weirdness comes with intimacy. My wild, beautiful, chaotic family inspires my writing about relationships, politics, and life.

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