Sometime back I wrote that the best day to go shopping was the day before Thanksgiving. The reason was that the stores are all stocked up for Christmas in goods and in sale staff. They know the day after Thanksgiving they will be swamped with Christmas buyers so they are getting ready.
The day before Thanksgiving, the stores are empty because all of the non-working women are home fixing Thanksgiving dinner. The working ladies rush right to the grocery store after work. So the