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A person compiled some commercials from the early 2000's thanksgiving season. A lot of older black friday commercials are included. I hope you all enjoy them!

Anything Elvis had on his christmas records. My mom and I listened the heck out of those together and great memories are locked in every one. Individual songs? Silver Bells.... My mom sang that a ton when I was a kid. I still can hear her singing it... I used to be into Dr Demento and Weird Al and Bob Rivers pretty heavily when I was younger, and any novelty christmas stuff, but that seems to have faded a bit in preference for more classical stuff and stuff I remember when I was much younger...

1) Best ad? I think that is an odd way to think of it. Each ad may have a thing or two that make me want to hop on their site/go to their store. I tend to like walmarts bluray/dvd selections. Old Navy's clothes. Best Buy for the electronics, etc. 2) I haven't really avoided the shops the last couple of years. I definitely spread my visits out over the month. Especially in 2020 when things were hot and heavy with the COVID. But I will absolutely be in stores this year. (Supplemented by online stuff too!) 3) The thing where black friday has lost its way is the singular nature of that day being the only one. Now that its starting in the middle of October, and lasts up to the week before christmas, it's watered down and feels much less like it did. Thanks for the chance to blather on! -Mike

...and so it begins. Thanks for posting it Brad!

So, I haven't followed this much at all, but it popped up on reddit. https://macysthanksgiving.fandom.com/wiki/The_96th_Annual_Macy%27s_Thanksgiving_Day_Parade There is a place where you can see what the new additions to the parade are going to be. They also seem to host some conversations on the parade as well. Check it out guys! -Raven(mike)

I started thinking about this last night. I am sure that there is a best time to start stocking up on ingredients for making cookies, pies and other holiday meals. I've seen the list, for instance, on the crazy coupon ladies site that shows when to buy what through the year. But that puts holiday stuff in the Nov/Dec timeframe and that seems late to me... Am I nuts? (there are a few facebook groups where some folks have been building up their Christmas cookie collections since june. )

Soon!

Howdy folks! Glad to see we're getting close! Hang onto your hats baby!

The memories. All the toys and "stuff" doesn't mean much anymore. At the time, it was cool. But the memories of our family being together during the holidays means the most to me now.

Ah yes. I bet this year will be quite different. I am hopeful that we can make it through with a minimal of fuss and have a great holiday season!

I don't see how they will be able to gather that many people together. I think we better think about the holidays now rather than later as I am not anticipating a robust year... (purely a hunch, not based on anything other than seeing how hard it is to get _anything_ where I work at the moment... It's hit and miss, more misses than hits though...)

This is totally my concern. The place where all this stuff gets made and shipped from, got whalloped with this illness just like we did (and even now they are experiencing a new surge of it...) The supply chain is broken down and I don't know if they have time to recover for the holidays... I work at a hobby shop, and our suppliers and distributors are having problems getting product.

That was always my issue there @Kanyon71. They had kitschy stuff and I found _very_ similar items at the Dollar Tree...

https://www.hallmark.com/digital-dream-book/ Who else collects Hallmark ornaments? I do both halloween and christmas from them. Time to start planning... -Mike