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Black Friday morphs into Gray Thursday editorial
A Baton Rouge writer reflects on Thanksgiving family time in Louisiana and critiques the shift of shopping from Friday to Thanksgiving day. The piece cites the 2013 Advocate front page coverage of door buster events at Best Buy and Wal Mart. It argues discounts are not worth sacrificing family and warns shoppers to value life and loved ones over deals.
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Advocate
Carlos Ramos
Best Buy
Wal-Mart
Baton Rouge
Shawn Munro
Munro
Lonnie Stockwell
Belinda Jones
Jasmine Edwards
America