are most stores and attractions open on thanksgiving?
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Most of the stores will be closed.  You're best bet is going to watch a movie at the theaters because they'll be open.
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No. The post office is a federal office so they have all federal holidays off as well as Sundays.
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Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is an annual one-day holiday to give thanks, traditionally to God, for the things one has at the close of the harvest season. In the United States, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November, and in Canada it is celebrated on the second Monday in October. In the United Kingdom, Thanksgiving is another name for the Harvest festival, held in churches across the country on a relevant Sunday to mark the end of the local harvest, though it is not thought of as a major event (compared to Christmas or Easter) as it is in North America, where this tradition taken by early settlers became much more important. Other European countries, such as Germany, also have harvest-thanks (Erntedank) celebrations which are perceived to be rather minor and mostly rural holidays
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I've eaten at McDonalds before, they were open.  \n\nLot of places are open on Thanksgiving, but they will serve the tradtional fair.
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Go to bed really early the night before, wake up at 11:00 P.M. and then get there at midnight. People are crazy during Thanksgiving, and I wouldn't be surprised if there's already a line waiting for you when you get there. Five hours is a long time, but it sure is worth the discount on that TV.
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Thanksgiving if your traveling
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giving a concert or attending a big Thanksgiving Day Parade
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Check the websites for: \n\nSpin\nhttp://www.spin-nightclub.com/welcome.htm\nCircuit\nhttp://www.circuitclub.com/\nSideTrack\nhttp://www.sidetrackchicago.com/2006_thanksgiving.htm\n\nI've checked them, but don't see that any of them will be showing it. You could always call the GLBT Chamber of Commerce to see if any place is showing it, maybe the Center on Halsted? \n\nGay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce\nhttp://www.glchamber.org/directoryresults.asp?categoryid=36\n\nThe Center on Halsted\nhttp://www.centeronhalsted.org/coh/calendar/home.cfm\n\n\nGood luck, let me know if you find out.
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You got to go to the Zoo.  Its open every day except Thanksgiving, Christmas and NewYears and its free.\n\nwww.stlzoo.org
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Yes. Best time of the year to go.
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They usually do it Thanksgiving night. The same time every year. I'm not sure about the exact time.
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We dress nice for every holiday; there is plenty of time to dress down and fewer times now to spend sometime on  yourself and dress nice ; make that holiday a holiday; you can look really nice and comfortable too;  Happy Thanksgiving!
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what about new york for some holiday shopping
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The market is open from 930A-400P ET.  There is also after hours trading as well that many stocks participate in.\n\nAs far as the holiday schedule, you can go to any of the websites to find that out (amex.com, nyse.com, and so on). \n\nHere's a listing of the holidays for 2006.\n\nNew Year's Day Jan 2 (2006) \nMartin Luther King, Jr. Day January 16 \nPresidents' Day February 20 \nGood Friday April 14 \nMemorial Day May 29 \nIndependence Day July 4 \nLabor Day September 4 \nThanksgiving Day November 23 \nChristmas Day (observed) December 25 \n\nPossible Early Closures: \nDay After Thanksgiving November 24 (1:00) \n\nHope that helps!
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wait until after thanksgiving on that week Friday all the major stores have great sales going on
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Thanksgiving is the fourth Thursday in November.  While Thanksgiving itself is a single day, the holiday always includes the following Friday, making for a four-day weekend.  \n\nThe holiday originated, according to legend, with the settlers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1620s.  Their first winter was terribly hard, and they suffered greatly due to ignorance of the climate, soil and local growing and hunting conditions.  According to the myth, they made friends with the local native American tribes, who taught them how to recognize local fruits, vegetables and game, including pumpkins, maize, cranberries, and turkey.\n\nAt the end of the next harvest, the colonists proclaimed a great feast of thanksgiving and honored the native American tribes that had helped them survive the previous winter.  It is still celebrated as a day to give thanks for the good things that have happened during the preceding year.\n\nIn practice, Thanksgiving is a huge feast including a number of foods native to North America -- roast turkey, pumpkin pie, cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes, and others.  This feast is always eaten on Thursday, though the leftovers can last, depending on the size of the household, for weeks.  \n\nIn recent years, Thanksgiving has also marked the start, in earnest, of the Christmas merchandising season.  The Macy's department store has, since the 1930s, sponsored a Thanksgiving Day parade in New York, with large inflated characters interspersed among marching bands and civic groups.  The Friday after Thanksgiving has become known as "Black Friday" and is typically the single largest retail sales day in the United States.  \n\nIn reaction to what many people see as the overcommercialization of this holiday (not to mention modern life in general), recent years have seen a growth in Buy Nothing Day, a movement to reverse the hype and mania for rabid consumption that Thanksgiving has come to represent (particularly in its "gateway holiday" role as the opening of the Christmas bacchanalia).  Originating in Canada, Buy Nothing day has come to signify a "detox" from the incessant drone of marketing, merchandising and status.  \n\nSpeaking of Canada, there is also a Thanksgiving in Canada, but it's celebrated on the second Monday in October, making for a three-day weekend.  Both the Canadian and the US Thanksgiving days are believed to be derived from the British Harvest Festivals, held at the end of summer since ancient times.\n\nYou can read more in the Wikipedia article I posted below, and also in the Adbusters Web site on Buy Nothing Day.
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Thanksgiving is always the 4th Thursday of November\nthis year it is Nov 23