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How to manage Black Friday during a pandemic

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By Kathy Williams, Features Assignment Editor COVID-19 has challenged in-store retailers across the nation by making them enforce social distancing, mask wearing and other sanitization procedures. However, retailers such as Walmart, Best Buy and Target are still planning on implementing sales for the Black Friday season. Black Friday, the term given to the Friday after…

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Leave room for turkey

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By Amelia Kibbe Features Editor Although the date of Christmas has never changed in its centuries-long history, Americans begin buying gifts earlier each year. This causes holidays such as Thanksgiving to take a backseat. The commercialism of Christmas needs to stop overpowering the importance of Thanksgiving. Two days before Halloween, I went to Walmart with…

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Boycott premature sales to save Thanksgiving

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By Mary Best Opinion and Advisory editor  There’s nothing like Thanksgiving at my house-the smell of a turkey baking all day, the beheading of the butter lamb and satisfying my weird obsession with canned cranberry sauce. It’s a holiday consisting of parades, dog shows, eating, relaxing and visiting with family. This year, consumerism almost destroyed…

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Bonnies grateful for Thanksgiving break

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By Amelia Kibbe Staff Writer   The end of the semester may only be a few weeks off, but many St. Bonaventure students have not yet shifted their focus to studying. Instead, they are looking forward to their upcoming Thanksgiving breaks. Thanksgiving is fast approaching, and many students are anxiously counting down the days until…

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Don’t skip Thanksgiving to get to Christmas

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By Emily Sullivan Opinion and Associate editor  I love Christmas time. There’s nothing quite like watching the snow fall onto the lights outside my house while listening to Bing Crosby croon some Christmas carols. But when stores go from spooky decorations and costumes to Christmas trees and Santa decorations before Halloween is even over? I…

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Violent Black Friday madness needs to stop

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By Matt Butler Associate Editor The United States is certainly an interesting country. After a day of spending quality time with family and friends and celebrating the things in life one is most thankful for, individuals flock to various retail outlets such as Wal-Mart or Target and fight one another in attempts of snatching bargain…

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