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Day 6, Mayhem

People running too and fro, only one day a year are they this frantic. So easily turning violent to get what they want. Grabbing running, yelling, everything is flying off shelves and into over-packed carts. Things are being stolen from others and others are being attacked for what they have. People have been stabbed and shot and even killed over the stupidest things, and yet every year it happens again even worse. Each year, I sit on the sidelines and laugh. I laugh because these people are being tricked into things they would never normally do. They are being tricked into buying things they don't have the money to get. They are being tricked because, no matter what they go through this day, it won't be good enough for the ones who receive the gifts. And yet this tradition lives on getting worse and worse every year. There are many solutions to this problem but most are just too lazy to solve it, and I laugh. If only this chaos had a happy ending, the rest of the year would be much better. But as chaos, it never will.