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[CdnMN]

Just talked to my Mom. She is visiting this year over Thanksgiving.

She saw something on the news last night about the shopping that goes on after Thanksgiving.

Mom is a shopaholic.....She wants to go out Friday morning HELP !!!!!

[Arabella]

Just talked to my Mom. She is visiting this year over Thanksgiving.

She saw something on the news last night about the shopping that goes on after Thanksgiving.

Mom is a shopaholic.....She wants to go out Friday morning HELP !!!!!

LMAO you're screwed! I HATE black Friday. I refuse to go shopping. I was once woken up at 4:30am to go stand in line to get free snow globes that were probably worth $1 each. My former MIL and SILs were nuts about shopping on this day and I found the lines, crowds and chaos to be overwhelming.

Tell her you have the swine flu!

[Hopp]

Just talked to my Mom. She is visiting this year over Thanksgiving.

She saw something on the news last night about the shopping that goes on after Thanksgiving.

Mom is a shopaholic.....She wants to go out Friday morning HELP !!!!!

Take her out for Timbits and coffee, and tell her to bring her own credit cards.

[david'sgirl]

Just talked to my Mom. She is visiting this year over Thanksgiving.

She saw something on the news last night about the shopping that goes on after Thanksgiving.

Mom is a shopaholic.....She wants to go out Friday morning HELP !!!!!

My mum in law,husband and my parents are coming for Thanksgiving and I am delighted. I just wish I had time off to prepare. I'll be working then pick them up at the airport, go home and prepare supper then do the full Thanksgiving meal on Thursday. I'll just need to be organized and sleep is over rated.
My mom just turned 70 and she has had alzheimer's for several yrs now. Enjoy the time with your mum cos you never know.
Some of those Black Friday sales are great but you can often get same deals on internet. For ex Kohl's and sometimes Walmart and Target have same deals online starting Thenaksgiving night! I've ordered in my jammies and had it delivered. So take her to a couple shops then go out for lunch or have your nails done or go back and have leftovers. Just have a nice time and be thankful you still have your mum and she is still able to know you and do things with you.

This post has been edited by david'sgirl: Nov 7 2009, 09:01 AM

[Hugglebuggles]

This will be my first American thanksgiving experience ever and I'm pretty excited. I could never come and visit while we were dating because the end of November always meant paper deadlines for every class, then exams in early December. But is Black Friday similar to say, Boxing Day sales? I usually go shopping on boxing day, but the past few years I haven't walked away with much. Its hard to get the good stuff unless you want to be up at 5am.

[Malrothien]

This will be my first American thanksgiving experience ever and I'm pretty excited. I could never come and visit while we were dating because the end of November always meant paper deadlines for every class, then exams in early December. But is Black Friday similar to say, Boxing Day sales? I usually go shopping on boxing day, but the past few years I haven't walked away with much. Its hard to get the good stuff unless you want to be up at 5am.

It's the same idea, but Black Friday deals are 100x better than any Boxing Day deal. On that Friday, EVERYTHING is on sale - not just electronics and a few gadgets.

[DeadPoolX]

This will be my first American thanksgiving experience ever and I'm pretty excited. I could never come and visit while we were dating because the end of November always meant paper deadlines for every class, then exams in early December. But is Black Friday similar to say, Boxing Day sales? I usually go shopping on boxing day, but the past few years I haven't walked away with much. Its hard to get the good stuff unless you want to be up at 5am.

It's the same idea, but Black Friday deals are 100x better than any Boxing Day deal. On that Friday, EVERYTHING is on sale - not just electronics and a few gadgets.

This is true. However, I often did my shopping early and stayed at home during Black Friday. Maybe I missed some "great sales" but I didn't want to deal with the craziness that occurs every damn year.

One thing I don't understand about Boxing Day is that it's AFTER Christmas. I think it makes more sense to have sales BEFORE Christmas (like Black Friday) since that's when people are actively shopping for their family and friends.

[thetreble]

Definetely better sales, but 100% crazier than what you would get on Boxing Day for Canada. People have actually died being trampled for things during past Black Fridays.

[DeadPoolX]

Definetely better sales, but 100% crazier than what you would get on Boxing Day for Canada. People have actually died being trampled for things during past Black Fridays.

Yeah, I remember what happened at WalMart last year. Even so, that's not the norm. People have died before, but that's usually due to car accidents, not in-store events.

Even though Black Friday is crazier than Boxing Day (I don't think anyone would really dispute that), I still don't understand why Boxing Day exists after Christmas. What's the point? You want to get those sales in order to buy stuff for Christmas, not afterward.

[Marilyn.]

you do know that Boxing day wasn't created for stores to have major sales right? ...lol

"Boxing Day began in England, in the middle of the nineteenth century, under Queen Victoria. Boxing Day, also known as St. Stephen's Day, was a way for the upper class to give gifts of cash, or other goods, to those of the lower classes."

http://holidays.kaboose.com/xmas-around-boxingday.html

[ddartt1]

Just talked to my Mom. She is visiting this year over Thanksgiving.

She saw something on the news last night about the shopping that goes on after Thanksgiving.

Mom is a shopaholic.....She wants to go out Friday morning HELP !!!!!

Take her out for Timbits and coffee, and tell her to bring her own credit cards.

[thetreble]

I still don't understand why Boxing Day exists after Christmas. What's the point? You want to get those sales in order to buy stuff for Christmas, not afterward.

Possibly time to sit down and read a Canadian history book?

And while people dying may not be the norm (although in my opinion, death due to car related incidents relating to black friday still counts as death due to black friday) it's still incredibly dangerous. If you live in a place like I live, where it is SO densely populated, you could get seriously hurt. People here don't give a #### about any one else but themselves.

[Kathryn41]

What gets me is that for most of the Black Friday sales you have to be there at 4 or 5 am to get the really good specials because once it gets to 7 or 8 am they are all out of the limited good stuff - and if you're going after lunch - forget it - you might as well just stay home cause the real bargains have been snapped up by the people who camped outside the store the night before

[Rhiann]

I would love to see what it's like on Black Friday... but it scares me.

[neiks]

You couldn't pay me enough to go to a mall on Black Friday. I don't care how great of a deal something is - not worth my time and aggravation. Same goes for Boxing Day.