Starting Your Black Friday Shopping on Thanksgiving Thursday?

Will you go shopping on Thanksgiving Day?

We put that question to our Patch Facebook fans this week, as more and more stores and malls announce that they would be open for shoppers finished with their turkey (or not finished, whatever the case may be). Their response: overwhelmingly in favor of staying home with the family on Thanksgiving and leaving the shopping for later.

Kathleen Randel, a Livermore Patch fan wrote, “Thanksgiving is a time for family. It's one of the few beautiful times in life that haven't been commercialized. This is an ugly new trend that I will not participate in. Shame on companies for taking people away from their families.”  Her sentiments were the same as the vast majority of people who commented.

Vanessa Gucho of Pleasanton tried to once and didn’t like it.  She wrote, “I did it last year. Never again. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday of the year and I would rather hang with my family than battle with strangers over material things. I will save it for Black Friday.

Some, like the Great Mall in Milpitas, will welcome shoppers at 8 p.m. Others, like Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto, will not open until after Black Friday officially begins. Read more about what stores and malls will be open and closed on Thanksgiving.

What do you think about stores opening on Thanksgiving? Vote in our poll and tell us what you think below!