Owner of dozens of malls says they won’t be open on Thanksgiving

Consumerist:

Though many of the big box stores now open for Black Friday at some point on Thanksgiving, some retailers and mall owners have fought back against this trend. For the second year in a row, one of the nation’s largest mall operators has declared that its properties’ doors will remain shut this Thanksgiving.

CBL Properties is a real investment trust that operates more than 60 malls around the country. The company made this same decision last year and believes it was the right thing to do.

I think this is a great idea. We’ll all be madly shopping soon enough. Let Thanksgiving not be one of those days.