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Angeleno plans to sleep in on Black Friday
Attorney Renee Williams and her niece Destiny Jones
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Angeleno plans to sleep in on Black Friday
Angeleno plans to sleep in on Black Friday
Some people are up early Friday morning to hunt down good Black Friday deals, but others are sleeping in.
Baldwin Hills attorney Renee Williams says Black Friday is too much chaos. She knows because she woke up super early for it two years ago.
"I did it because I wanted a computer, got my computer and that was it," she said.
Williams can’t think of anything she needs badly enough now to try it again. Plus, she says, money is tight this year, and that’s whittled down her holiday shopping list.
"I have lots of small nieces and nephews," she said. " Their parents are going to get them things whereas before I would buy everybody something. I’m getting something for my siblings, my parents, that’s about it."
This year, she said the holiday spirit has less to do with gifts than with coming together.
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