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Nov. 28 - Black Friday - the day after Thanksgiving, you have time off from work and it's the official start of the Christmas season and of Christmas shopping. You can shop three hours earlier and spend your money 'till much later. Holiday sales begin, it's the first time that some items will be available.... but I definitely won't be among the crazies up at 4am to get to the top of the line to make some wild dash for the $99 flat-screen television or the Crazy Elmo toy. (Black Friday is the second single biggest shopping day for retailers and got its name because in the days of old so much shopping was done on this day that it would turn the tide for many stores and put them in the black, or, make them profitable.) Dec. 6 - First Saturday in December - weekends are important because it means free time to shop. The early holiday and Christmas shopper should be more than halfway through shopping list. Most shoppers (me included) realize that there is not much time... http://www.spankmetoday.dreamhosters.c...