Early release of the Thanksgiving Day newspaper once again this year will assist shoppers in mapping out their Black Friday shopping plans without the need for them to run out on the Thanksgiving holiday to pick up the newspaper.

The Vindicator’s release of the “Early Bird” Thanksgiving Day edition — on select newsstands Wednesday afternoon — has become a holiday tradition.

Again, this year, The Vindicator’s Thanksgiving Day edition will be packed with all the local deals that will be available in time for Black Friday holiday shopping.

“Just like the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and pumpkin pie, we know the Thanksgiving edition of The Vindicator also has become a holiday tradition for readers getting ready to hit area retailers early Friday morning,” said Vindicator General Manager Ted Snyder.

The Black Friday deals listed in advertisements and sales flyers make the Thanksgiving edition of The Vindicator the biggest newspaper of the year.

To make sure readers have ample time to digest all the deals — along with their Thanksgiving dinner — and to map out their Christmas shopping plans, The Vindicator Thanksgiving Day edition will be available early again this year, beginning Wednesday afternoon, chock full of all the holiday sales flyers.

“The Thanksgiving edition is our largest newspaper of the year. This year, it will be stuffed with more than a dozen sales flyers totaling 214 pages in inserts,” Snyder said.

The Thanksgiving Day early bird edition newspaper will be available after 2 p.m. Wednesday at limited retail locations throughout the area.

For locations where the Early Bird edition will be on sale, check the ad located in today’s newspaper on Page D4.

Of course, it also will be delivered to all home subscribers early Thursday morning and will be available at more than 175 local regular retail locations again Thursday morning.

Retailers and advertisers who are scheduled to include inserts in this year’s early bird and Thursday’s Thanksgiving Vindicator edition are: Boscov’s, JCPenney, Macy’s, Bed, Bath and Beyond, Michael’s, Shoe Carnival, Dollar General, Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Big Lots, Menards, Meijer, Rite Aid and Lowe’s.

Plus, the newspaper’s pages also will be packed with additional display advertisements, including full page ads from America’s Wholesale Outlet and Stambaugh Auditorium so you can plan for nights out during the holiday season. Snyder suggests subscribing to The Vindicator in order to get your hands on all the flyers without having to leave your house on Thanksgiving Day or risk missing out if this high-demand edition of the newspaper is sold out early.

“The best way to be guaranteed a copy of the Thanksgiving edition is to be a home subscriber, but if not, look for it at your favorite retail location,” Snyder said, adding that due to the popularity of the annual Thanksgiving edition, The Vindicator has increased the number of copies available, and newspaper staff will be restocking actively at retail locations.

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