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Jim Sparx Inner circle Far Out, Texas 1144 Posts |
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On 2012-11-24 15:09, Mary Mowder wrote: Our local Home Depot and Lowes had Christmas decorations up on their shelves before October 1st. And a local radio station was playing Christmas music Nov. 1st. I did my Black Friday shopping on the internet and the grandson in England is getting money wired for an X Box next week. I am finished shopping and broke until the next SS check and from Army retirement. Peace, Love and Happiness and Merry Christmas to all Magic Café members. The End.
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Kevin Connolly Inner circle New Jersey 1329 Posts |
Most retail stores here can't open before 8AM and are closed on Sundays. What am I missing? Nothing.
There is one town here that to just a few years ago you couldn't drive your car on a Sunday.
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Al Angello Eternal Order Collegeville, Pa. USA 11045 Posts |
Nicholas
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Payne Inner circle Seattle 4571 Posts |
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On 2012-11-24 02:47, Bob1Dog wrote: But that's what the modern Thanksgiving was created for. Creating a longer shopping season for merchants. http://docs.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/thanksg.html "Since statistics showed that most people did not do their Christmas shopping until after Thanksgiving, business leaders feared they would lose money, especially during the Depression, because there were only 24 shopping days between Thanksgiving and Christmas. They asked Franklin Roosevelt to make Thanksgiving one week earlier. President Roosevelt ignored those concerns in 1933, but when Thanksgiving once again threatened to fall on the last day of November in 1939, FDR reconsidered the request and moved the date of Thanksgiving up one week. Thanksgiving 1939 would be held, President Roosevelt proclaimed, on November 23rd and not November 30th." So for as long as most of us have been alive. Thanksgiving has been a counsumer driven holiday.
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landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
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On 2012-11-24 16:01, Kevin Connolly wrote: OG? I remember when I was a kid they used to close the big gates to the town on Sunday there.
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Kevin Connolly Inner circle New Jersey 1329 Posts |
Yes, OG
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Kevin Connolly Inner circle New Jersey 1329 Posts |
When Roosevelt invented Franks giving it was real cluster ****. Half the sates didn't observe it.
Sort of like today with 23 states trying to secede from the union.
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JoeJoe Inner circle Myrtle Beach 1915 Posts |
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On 2012-11-24 16:01, Kevin Connolly wrote: At one point ... stores were closed on both Saturday and Sunday. Walmart is open 24 hours for a reason, to reduce the lines and crowds during the day. As the population grows, so does the demand for the distribution of goods. More people = more distribution required. -JoeJoe
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Kevin Connolly Inner circle New Jersey 1329 Posts |
If there was a Walmart here, they still be closed on Sunday with the rest of the malls.
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Payne Inner circle Seattle 4571 Posts |
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On 2012-11-24 18:06, JoeJoe wrote: That's what the Internet is for. I haven't shopped in a brick and mortar store for most of my holiday gifts in years. I order nearly everything off of the Internet. It's just a whole lot easier. I get exactly what I want and I don't have to fight crowds or look for parking.
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JoeJoe Inner circle Myrtle Beach 1915 Posts |
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On 2012-11-24 18:45, Kevin Connolly wrote: Which is holding your area back from it's true potential. Blue laws do not reduce the demand for goods and services, they reduce the supply which in turn increases the cost. -JoeJoe
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