To Shop or Not to Shop? That is the Question. I consider myself a traditionalist. I like to go to cemeteries on Memorial Day…. Cook out on the 4 th of July…. And go shopping on the day after Thanksgiving. If there weren ’t so many traditionalists out there, how would that day have become the “busiest shopping day of the year?” Many folks shudder at the mere thought of the Mall on that frantic Friday. They want no part of the hustle and bustle, which marks the official beginning of the holiday shopping season. They would much rather stay home, eat leftover turkey and watch football on television than fight the crowds, long check out lines, and traffic jams in parking lots. Wimps? About a dozen years ago, I succumbed to the lure of the newspaper ads in the Thanksgiving Day edition. I began pouring over them after feasting at the holiday table…. I drew up an itinerary and a carefully itemized list of what I wanted to buy at each store. Being a morning person, i...