By Louann Jeffries I will never forget the Thanksgiving of 1975. It was a truly different and unforgettable Thanksgiving. At the time, my husband David and I were living in our first home and as luck would have it that year, it was his turn to work midnights the week of Thanksgiving. Knowing that we ......
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By Louann Jeffries When I was a child in school it seemed every year we put on some kind of play or program and all of us had to memorize something to recite. I tended toward poems that were shorter because not only did they get their meaning across it was also less likely I ......
read more..A Massachusetts town has approved tough new measures on retailers who want to open between midnight and 4 a.m. on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving that is traditionally one of the busiest shopping days of the year. Tweet 2 people Tweeted this.Submit to Diggdiggsdigg.Yahoo! Buzz ShareThis . Under a bylaw approved Tuesday, stores that ......
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In the fall of 1621, the Pilgrims, early settlers of Plymouth Colony, held a three-day feast to celebrate a bountiful harvest, an event many regard as the nation’s first Thanksgiving. Historians have also recorded ceremonies of thanks among other groups of European settlers in North America, including British colonists in Virginia in 1619. Th...
read more..Ellen Degeneres is sponsoring the Adopt-A-Turkey project. Adopt a Turkey seeks to end the misery of commercially-raised turkeys by offering a compassionate alternative for Thanksgiving by selling turkey adoptions that will free a bird from the Thanksigiving table. For a one-time donation gift of just $30, adopters will receive a special Adopt-A-Tur...
read more..Walmart today officially slated Sunday, November 21st as the day they will release their circular announcing Black Friday deals. This is a break from tradition. In the past they have chosen the Monday before Thanksgiving to officially release material. The release of Black Friday information has become a micro-industry online as specialty websites ...
read more..The great pumpkin shortage of 2009 is over. Producers say that pumpkin is already in the pipeline for 2010 and that levels will be greater than the weak supply of 2009. Last year, growers suffered from a cold, wet summer — especially in the American north east — that kept production low. As the year ......
read more..BlackFriday.org has just released their predictions for Black Friday 2010. With the recent decline in sales, many retailers are depending on the day after Thanksgiving to increase profits and attract customers to their stores. For consumers, this means getting unbeatable prices on the season’s most popular products. Although Black Friday does...
read more..Bring on the blue: Macy’s has tapped the Smurfs as its holiday ambassadors of 2010, which means that plush versions of vocabulary-crippling creatures will be available at Macy’s everywhere, and that a balloon version will sail in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The retailer says it will back the Smurfs with a “robust marketing campaign,...
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