Well, I hate crowds. Any place where it is shoulder to shoulder people. Even a restaraunt thats packed with no where left to sit is too much for me. The idea of shopping in crowds of people and nerve racking traffic is not my idea of fun. I do most of my shopping at night at grocery stores and department stores that are open late or 24hrs. Call it a mild case of public anxiety. Though I love going to concerts, I dont do pits for this very reason too.

I even prefer to drive at night if I have to drive states away. I didnt plan to get gifts for anyone but my son this year anyway.

The problem I see it causing is it will make the economy worse because no one can afford to shop. Black friday was way worse last year but we still had a bunch of big name stores closing down due to the lack of business. Like Circuit City.

It will be a blow to the already bad economy but in the end I think it will help that people are learning the value of family time, budgets and saving money.