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Thanksgiving Thursday is the New Black Friday: Stores Open on Thanksgiving

Will you hit the stores for these deals, or will you sleep off the turkey?

By Greg Hambrick

Once upon a time, Thanksgiving Day was reserved solely for — Thanksgiving.

No more.

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Christmas decorations were up in some stores before Halloween was even over, and each year it seems that retailers go after Christmas shoppers harder and earlier than ever.

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Last year was the first time that many retailers began Black Friday on Thanksgiving Day itself, and this year, with the time between Thanksgiving and Christmas a full week shorter, more stores will be open on turkey day, thankful for the dollars.

And that, of course, means a good number of people will miss some family time to ring up the masses at the registers and restock those shelves.

We want to know: What do you think of stores beginning the holiday mega-push on Thanksgiving Day? Will you take part? Tell us in comments below.


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