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Where do you find yourself when you're in need of a meal at 3 AM?

Anyone else totally okay with an early spooky season?

Near Rockford, you can ride the waves at these water parks.

Every year, without fail, the debate breaks out over whether or not different businesses should open their doors to customers on Thanksgiving Day.

Every year, we're treated to the screaming matches about whether a store should open on Thanksgiving or close its doors so employees can be with their families. Now, a major player has bowed out of the argument.

As much as you may be trying to stay inside and away from everyone else, you still need the essentials right?

The order began at 5 p.m. Saturday and will go until April 7. Like other states, the order will mean residents can still go to the grocery stores, put gas in their cars, take walks outside and make pharmacy runs.

Over the last number of years, there has been a great weeping and gnashing of teeth over retailers that have decided to open their doors on Thanksgiving. To be fair, there are lots of folks who like the idea of getting a head start on their "Black Friday" shopping, but the voices shouting about greed, and others, lamenting the fact that employees have to leave their families on a holiday