Like grocery stores and restaurants?

I understand not going to stores that open on Thanksgiving (like WalMart, Target, Macy's, Kohl's, Kmart, Toys R Us), because you are helping the company, but not the employees that have to work and be away from family.

But what about grocery stores, restaurants, gas stations, movie theaters and other retail stores that hardly ever close?

DH and I were discussing this. We've both worked for food service and retail in our past. DH has never worked for a store that was open Thanksgiving but had to work on black friday. As a manager, he had to come in super early to prep for black friday. (And you know, going to work early means having to leave Thanksgiving festivities early.) For me, I've worked at a movie theater on Thanksgiving and Christmas and I worked a 4am start shift on Black Friday at Target. Anyway, when I worked those shifts, I actually did not mind it. I was young and loved the overtime pay. Target was crazy but overall the day was really easy considering the amount I got paid. Each of the places I worked were overstaffed and had plenty of perks (like food) for us.

Now, that we are out of food & retail, DH and I understand that there are people out there that might not mind working on a holiday and getting the overtime for it.

Anyway, if you are not shopping on Thanksgiving, are you avoiding other stores that are usually open?

Just wondering how you draw the line.

One thing I was thinking is that black friday deals keep getting earlier and earlier. Like Kohl's and Target had deals released already... Maybe deals will start so early that maybe some companies will go back to closing on the holidays.