This is a guest post from former GRS staff writer Donna Freedman.
Want to start a fight? Announce that you’ll be shopping on Thanksgiving Day.
A whole bunch of folks will likely sigh and mourn the once-was-sacred Thanksgiving dinner with family. Why, they’ll ask, would anyone want to shop on this day? Why would anyone force retail clerks into manning their posts even though they’d rather be home melting marshmallows atop sweet-potato casseroles?