I have to work in retail, so I guess you can say I will be there, If given a choice I would not. I have had that day off only twice in 30 years and you couldn't find me anywhere near the mall. I can kind of understand early opening Fri. morning, but 8PM or Midnight on Thursday is just being greedy on everybody's part. Where are all the protesters for family values when we really need them? Probably standing in line for the next "hottest" buy.

Over 20 years ago my husband and I started giving our adult children Christmas gifts of cash. In every instance, and every year the gift was always the right color, right size and always what they needed. They were able to use their gifts to pay bills, buy something they needed or wanted . We of course spoiled our Grand daughter with gifts for many years and now she also gets cash and says she loves it.

I would rather have a root canal without an anesthetic than shop on Black Friday. I also boycott any store that opens on Thanksgiving night, not permitting people to enjoy their Thanksgiving Holiday.

Stores like Best Buy have sent their Silver Premere Members online deals on Monday with Free Shipping. But I do not do Black Friday, inless it is Friday night or Saturday morning. I just look at what I would save, then compared it to how much I make an hour x 4 hours waiting in line X 2 hours in that store. It always comes out not worth my time.

People started lining up at Best Buy last Friday. Its a funny thing, 30 years ago my parents would of said are these people nuts? We have to go to work, we can't take time off to wait in line at a store.

Ahh, the life of the 47%.

what is this all about, i was listening to whoopi goldberg go and on about this.. as far back as i can remember stores have been open on thanksgiving, i took my children shopping as dad watched football. what is the fuss about. this is the time the worker get double time pay.. so lets let it be the fun it has been and for those who want to sit out the early morning hours on black friday carry on........... do it all.

When I see all the videos showing people sleeping on curbs before Thanksgiving, running and crushing people, oh and using pepper spray on other shoppers?!! I have NO desire to be out in that. People have forgotten the whole meaing of Christmas- or maybe, they don't care at all about Christ and are just in it for the deals. Either way, they look like crazed animals and I just shudder at the thought of being out there in that.

Black Friday is my "sociology lesson" day. We (this is a family event) like to go to the mall late in the day and grab a coffee. Then we watch all the craziness that is "Black Friday". We end the evening by going home to leftovers...YUM!

No time for shopping! We will be bringing water and snacks to Wal-Mart employees who are picketing for a fair wage and safe working conditions!

I boycott stores that make employees go to work on Thanksgiving. It is totally unnecessary to have stores open on this national holiday.

I will be at Kmart at 6am Thanksgiving and Sears at 8pm, I do all my Christmas shopping in one day. I refuse to shop at Wal-Mart and i hope all those people that work there all walk out on the job. I am not the 47%!

I've been an early morning Friday shopper for many many years and have never worried about being crushed. In general I find that the clerks are as happy to have me shopping with them as I am in finding the right doll or sweater - as long as I smile and treat them with the respect they deserve. After all - just because I have the day off from work doesn't make me any better - just lucky. Happy Thanksgiving

By the way, I've always said if there were truly terrorists hell bent on destroying our way of life.........name a better day than "Black Friday."

I mean, people have to be groped, terrorized and humiliated to fly on planes........which the herding of the people in one area actually makes them less safe, but what do I know, I still use my own discernment.

So there are one-tracked mind terrorists wanting to destroy Americans via the airports where.............there is so much security, you are so thankful money is being stolen from you to pay for it...................meanwhile all across the nation stores advertise their big sales, people line up for days prior to store opening..........and then on Black Friday the sheeple are out in full force, all across the land.
What better time to show the gluttonous American public the error of their ways.

I bring this up to make others aware of reality.................the TSA airport nonsense is nothing more than Political theatre. Think about it.......quite often there are more people herded together than on a plane.......more people to kill AND the TSA actually herds them together for the terrorists.

I still contend if there were so many out there wanting to kill us all, they would be blowing stuff up in the country. Have you not seen terrorism in other countries?

I really typed the above to get to this laugher......I actually went out a few Black Fridays ago to document all the people herded around the stores with no security what-so-ever. Remember, we must give up our rights at the airports, so obviously these terrorists mean business for what occurs via the TSA goons............which makes me question why there is little to no security protecting the shoppers on this busy shopping day?

So I was driving past Toys-R-Us and I asked a woman and her son if they were scared since there wasn't any security protecting them? The lady seemed confused, so I alluded to the airports and she actually said "SHE'S SECURITY!!" and then she proceeded to tell me there was obviously tons of security around us, but they were remaining hidden...............I absolutely laughed my booty off..........Yep, Geoffrey the Giraffe was going to rappel from the Toy-R-Us roof to protect the people!! And I'm craaaazy for my thinking?!?!

Sorry to not really add to the discussion, but Black Friday will always give me the visual of the Giraffe coming from the roof to protect the people.

I'll be at Wal-Mart for the ShopVac, $23.47, % gal. wet/dry. Thank-you very much.

My family has had many people required to work on holidays, given the number of police officers and EMTs we have. Pastors and priests also go into ther vocation knowing that church rites will take their time on many holidays. At least emergency and religious personnel work in the spirit of the day. Protecting and serving the public out of a sense of vocation is one thing, but demanding public presence, and public sheepledom in caving to it are quite another matter. I will never shop on a holiday. Ever.

I prefer to shop small
by supporting small businesses
as often as possible.
I believe that when we spend our money
in the home-grown businesses
we better help our communities thrive.

I equate Black Friday to the Black Plague and absolutely refuse to go anywhere near a mall or big box store on this day. We too shop local and the bulk of our Chrismas gifts expenditures go to our daughter, neices and nephews. My wife and I give modestly priced thoughtful gifts to each other and with the other adults in the family we have a shared gift drawing. The amount we used to spend now goes to local charity organizations and places we volunteer. For it truely is far better to give, than to recieve!