>>>Not me. I make it a point to avoid stores that day. I did go to the kosher bakery for challah and because I needed rolls and bread for lunch, to another store around the corner from there.
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>>I do not under any circumstances go near any store the day after Thanksgiving.
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>Some years, I even skip the bakery and make my own challah (using my grandmother's recipe) that day, but I was still feeling pretty sick Friday, so buying was much easier. Fortunately, there's no real gift shopping in the little area near here where the bakery is, so parking wasn't a problem.

There is nothing better than home made bread. I sometimes make my own Challah too. Beyond the obvious glory of the aroma permeating the house (even just from the yeast rising the dough), there is also something theraputic about the kneading that is quite enjoyable.

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>>Dan Freeman said something brilliant once that I totally agree with. (Have you talked to him lately, BTW? I have not heard boo from him). "I don't go shopping, I go buying." LOL
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>Yeah, I'm related (by marriage or childbirth <g>) to several men with that attitude.
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>Tamar