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Some retailers aren't waiting until Black Friday to kick off the sales this year.
Actually, it started last year when Toys R Us started its holiday sale at 9 p.m. on Thanksgiving night. This year, according to USA Today, they''ll open at 8 p.m. along with Wal-Mart, Sears, K-Mart. Target will open at 9 p.m.
The retailers have gotten some criticism for having the sale on Thanksgiving.
What do you think?
Should Black Friday start on Thanksgiving?
Tracy Simmons is an award winning journalist specializing in religion reporting, digital entrepreneurship and social journalism. In her 15 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti.
Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas and Connecticut. Currently she serves as the executive director of SpokaneFAVS.com, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Wash. She is also a Scholarly Assistant Professor at Washington State University.
