Black Friday Madness

Retailers are opening earlier, and shoppers in the isles can grab deals starting on Thanksgiving night

By Nadine Kam

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Nov 22, 2012

~~<p>Is no holiday sacred anymore? It used to be that Thanksgiving, like Christmas, was one free of commercial interruption. Where, if you hadn't stocked up on food before noon, you were out of luck, unless you wanted to hit up the nearest gas station convenience store.</p>
<p>Now, with retailers anxious to corner the market on early Christmas shoppers — lest they be left with a glut of holiday stockings and snow globes — your Thanksgiving day may be interrupted by the latest sale at Target.</p>
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Is no holiday sacred anymore? It used to be that Thanksgiving, like Christmas, was one free of commercial interruption. Where, if you hadn't stocked up on food before noon, you were out of luck, unless you wanted to hit up the nearest gas station convenience store.

Now, with retailers anxious to corner the market on early Christmas shoppers — lest they be left with a glut of holiday stockings and snow globes — your Thanksgiving day may be interrupted by the latest sale at Target. Login for more...