105. Thanksgiving newspaper advertisements

Big booze sale at Sav-On,  a little girl bastes the turkey at Gemco, and JcPenney has gold filled chains for sale. The Press-Courier – Nov 24, 1980 ^1 2

See, there were stores open on Thanksgiving long before this decade. Eugene Register-Guard – Nov 23, 1988 ³

KMart’s Black Friday paper, Lawrence Journal-World – Nov 24, 1994 ⁴

//2014 edit//

I can’t believe I forgot to mention this, but for a couple of years back in 1995, 1996 mom and I would go to KMart on Thanksgiving morning since she ordered our dinner from the old Oasis restaurant in Hampton, Virginia, or once I got in high school, the Winn Dixie that had just opened up. The only thing I remember getting on those trips was candy and an Animanacs coloring book on super clearance when I was 12. 

Hen Turkeys & Tom Turkeys, and Pilgrims shopping at Winn Dixie. The Dispatch – Nov 18, 1981 ⁵ 6

Aw, remember cartoony drawings of pilgrims? 

“It ain’t over ‘til its over!" Observer-Reporter – Nov 25, 1987 ⁷

The 7up poster that is in every 1980s Christmas commercial break. Star-News – Nov 25, 1987 ⁸

The Coca-Cola bottlers thank every.single.store in Bangor. Bangor Daily News – Nov 24, 1997 ⁹

DON’T PUT THE TURKEY IN THE MICROWAVE. The Albany Herald – Nov 19, 1984 ¹⁰

105. Thanksgiving newspaper advertisements

Big booze sale at Sav-On,  a little girl bastes the turkey at Gemco, and JcPenney has gold filled chains for sale. The Press-Courier – Nov 24, 1980 ^1 2

See, there were stores open on Thanksgiving long before this decade. Eugene Register-Guard – Nov 23, 1988 ³

KMart’s Black Friday paper, Lawrence Journal-World – Nov 24, 1994 ⁴

//2014 edit//

I can’t believe I forgot to mention this, but for a couple of years back in 1995, 1996 mom and I would go to KMart on Thanksgiving morning since she ordered our dinner from the old Oasis restaurant in Hampton, Virginia, or once I got in high school, the Winn Dixie that had just opened up. The only thing I remember getting on those trips was candy and an Animanacs coloring book on super clearance when I was 12. 

Hen Turkeys & Tom Turkeys, and Pilgrims shopping at Winn Dixie. The Dispatch – Nov 18, 1981 ⁵ 6

Aw, remember cartoony drawings of pilgrims? 

“It ain’t over ‘til its over!" Observer-Reporter – Nov 25, 1987 ⁷

The 7up poster that is in every 1980s Christmas commercial break. Star-News – Nov 25, 1987 ⁸

The Coca-Cola bottlers thank every.single.store in Bangor. Bangor Daily News – Nov 24, 1997 ⁹

DON’T PUT THE TURKEY IN THE MICROWAVE. The Albany Herald – Nov 19, 1984 ¹⁰

104. Article about the 20th anniversary of the JFK Assassination (November 22, 1983)

“Americans Mark Day of Kennedy Assassination.”Schenectady Gazette, November 22, 1983. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2AwhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HnQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6505,1471447 (accessed November 25, 2013).

(large, reading size)

104. Article about the 20th anniversary of the JFK Assassination (November 22, 1983)

“Americans Mark Day of Kennedy Assassination.”Schenectady Gazette, November 22, 1983. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2AwhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HnQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6505,1471447 (accessed November 25, 2013).

(large, reading size)

103. “Pardners no more” (Schenectady Gazette, November 20, 1987)

This was on the front page of the Schenectady Gazette. Front page! It wasn’t even a local story! 

“Pardners no more." Schenectady Gazette, November 20, 1987. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XmpGAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_OgMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1036,4975939 (accessed November 20, 2013).

103. “Pardners no more” (Schenectady Gazette, November 20, 1987)

This was on the front page of the Schenectady Gazette. Front page! It wasn’t even a local story! 

“Pardners no more." Schenectady Gazette, November 20, 1987. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XmpGAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_OgMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1036,4975939 (accessed November 20, 2013).

103. “Pardners no more” (Schenectady Gazette, November 20, 1987)

This was on the front page of the Schenectady Gazette. Front page! It wasn’t even a local story! 

“Pardners no more." Schenectady Gazette, November 20, 1987. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XmpGAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_OgMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1036,4975939 (accessed November 20, 2013).

102. When local news didn’t run nonstop from 5pm-6:30pm every evening

(source)

I grew up in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia, and I seem to remember in the early to mid 1990s, the evening news only came on at 5pm, and 6pm, and that was it. None of that 4pm, 5pm, 5:30pm, and 6:30pm stuff. We get Richmond news in the town I live in now, and the NBC station’s news starts at 4. FOUR. 

There for a while in the mid 90s, I remember the CBS affiliate at 5:30 in the evening, would show either Home Improvement or Seinfeld, and then another episode at 7 and 7:30. Here’s a break from my collection from 1996, where Home Improvement comes on at 7.

102. When local news didn’t run nonstop from 5pm-6:30pm every evening

(source)

I grew up in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia, and I seem to remember in the early to mid 1990s, the evening news only came on at 5pm, and 6pm, and that was it. None of that 4pm, 5pm, 5:30pm, and 6:30pm stuff. We get Richmond news in the town I live in now, and the NBC station’s news starts at 4. FOUR. 

There for a while in the mid 90s, I remember the CBS affiliate at 5:30 in the evening, would show either Home Improvement or Seinfeld, and then another episode at 7 and 7:30. Here’s a break from my collection from 1996, where Home Improvement comes on at 7.

102. When local news didn’t run nonstop from 5pm-6:30pm every evening

(source)

I grew up in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia, and I seem to remember in the early to mid 1990s, the evening news only came on at 5pm, and 6pm, and that was it. None of that 4pm, 5pm, 5:30pm, and 6:30pm stuff. We get Richmond news in the town I live in now, and the NBC station’s news starts at 4. FOUR. 

There for a while in the mid 90s, I remember the CBS affiliate at 5:30 in the evening, would show either Home Improvement or Seinfeld, and then another episode at 7 and 7:30. Here’s a break from my collection from 1996, where Home Improvement comes on at 7.