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The Abilene Veteran's Thanksgiving Day Dinner is Still in Dire Need of Money

Rudy Fernandez — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 05:51:06 +0000

The annual Veteran's Thanksgiving Day Dinner will take place this year, however in the future it may be a thing of the past in Abilene, if local organizers can't raise the necessary funds to support such an event. According to Jimmy DeFoor with the Taylor County Veterans Service Office, he says over the years, donations have fallen off and the same goes for volunteers. While this years feast has been saved the future of the event is still on questionable grounds.

Retail Workers Fight Back Against Thanksgiving Day Openings

Shay Hill — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:54:21 +0000

Last week I reported to you that stores like Wal-Mart, Target, Macy's & Best Buy were moving up their "Black Friday" openings to Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, to get a jump on the holiday shopping season. It just seems to get earlier and earlier every year and at some point you have to fight back. That's what the employees of Target are doing now.

Stores Open Earlier Than Ever This Year: Thanksgiving Day

Shay Hill — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 20:15:25 +0000

It's typical for stores to open early on Black Friday, the name given to the biggest shopping day of the year, the day after Thanksgiving. But it seems it's getting earlier and earlier and this year it's even gone so far as to stores opening on Thanksgiving Day itself. Retailers are trying to make up for lost sales this year by opening earlier and staying open later to do it.