SHOPPING WITH A STRATEGY AREA MALLS FILL WITH HOLIDAY CROWDS AND BARGAINS.Byline: KAREN MAESHIRO Staff Writer PALMDALE -- For some shoppers, the annual post-Thanksgiving frenzy is more marathon than sprint. Take 53-year-old Cathy Barrett of Lancaster, for example. Awake at 7 a.m. Thanksgiving morning, she left Thanksgiving dinner The centerpiece of contemporary Thanksgiving in the United States is a large meal, starring a large roasted turkey. All of the dishes in the traditional American version of Thanksgiving Dinner are made from foods native to North America, according to tradition the Pilgrims received these at a relative's house at midnight, came home and took a shower, then went to stand in line at a Lancaster Wal-Mart at 2 a.m. Six relatives joined her at 4 a.m., an hour before the store's opening. After shopping there, they drove in three cars to other Lancaster and Palmdale stores before hitting the Antelope Valley Mall The Antelope Valley Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in Palmdale, California. Opened in September, 1990, its buildings take up around 1 million square feet (90,000 m²). Its physical main building, parking lots, and ring road businesses encompass an area a bit less than 0. at 7:30 a.m. ``It's the thrill of the shop. This is our seventh year in a row doing this,'' said Barrett's 31-year-old daughter, Ceylonya Ewell, who lives in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . ``We set up a game plan. We have a war room with all the sales ads laid out on a table.'' While in line at the Wal-Mart, Barrett telephoned her daughters and told them it was time to get up. She looked far from exhausted even though she had not eaten anything since Thursday except a piece of a baked pretzel and some lemonade. When asked when she would call it a day, Barrett said, ``When I feel I have accomplished something.'' The day after Thanksgiving is traditionally the busiest shopping day of the year and the start of the Christmas shopping season. It has recently taken on the moniker (1) A name, title or alias. See alias. (2) A COM object that is used to create instances of other objects. Monikers save programmers time when coding various types of COM-based functions such as linking one document to another (OLE). See COM and OLE. Black Friday Black Friday, Sept. 24, 1869, in U.S. history, day of financial panic. In 1869 a small group of American financial speculators, including Jay Gould and James Fisk, sought the support of federal officials of the Grant administration in a drive to corner the gold because it's the day businesses hope blockbuster sales will their boost their books into the black. In the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley , shoppers streamed into stores in search of markdowns, special offers and bargains, marking what retailers hope will be the start of the post-Thanksgiving buying spree. Sales look positive, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. mall officials. ``It looks very good. Most tenants seem to be outperforming their goals,'' mall general manager Keith Geiger said Friday. When the mall department stores This is a list of department stores. In the case of department store groups the location of the flagship store is given. This list does not include large specialist stores, which sometimes resemble department stores. and a half-dozen shops opened their doors at 5 a.m., between 50 to 100 people were waiting outside in the below-freezing temperature at the main entrance, Geiger said. The entire mall opened at 8 a.m. Friends Leslie Perez, 15, and Lisa Herrera, 16, both of Lancaster, had been at the mall since 4:30 a.m. and had bags filled toys, jewelry jewelry, personal adornments worn for ornament or utility, to show rank or wealth, or to follow superstitious custom or fashion. The most universal forms of jewelry are the necklace, bracelet, ring, pin, and earring. , and clothes. ``My feet are killing me,'' Perez said. The girls said they came early to take advantage of discounted prices. ``There are better prices in the morning and there's more stuff,'' Herrera said. They said they would call it quits quits adj. On even terms with by payment or requital: I am finally quits with the loan. [Middle English, probably alteration (influenced by Medieval Latin when they ran out of money, which hadn't happened yet as of 10:45 a.m. Angel Miranda, 35, of Tracy was in town visiting her sister and took her time in getting to the mall with her mother and niece at a relatively leisurely pace. ``We actually didn't leave the house until 8 a.m.,'' Miranda said. Miranda said she came for the sales and bought ``a lot of stuff for myself and a few gifts.'' karen.maeshiro(at)dailynews.com (661) 267-5744 CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Shoppers throng the Antelope Valley Mall in Palmdale on Friday. (2) Above, Lisa Herrera, 16, and her friend Leslie Perez, 15, both of Lancaster rest after shopping in the Antelope Valley Mall in Palmdale on Friday. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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