We don't do it anymore as it has gotten too dangerous, not to mention the stores have taken all the fun out of it by starting early. MUst confess that years ago my girls and I would make a fun trip out of it. We would load the back seat of my pickup with folding chairs, sleeping bags and comforters the night before. We made a thermos of coffee and coco and leave the house around 1 in the morning. We were always in the top ten in line. The scouts would come around 3 or 4 and start selling donuts. We meet lots of other crazy people like us, talked and laughed with strangers. We always had a plan, since I'm the oldest, I would grab a cart as soon as the store opened and park by the registers, the girls would do the running, and get the tthings we wanted, usually toys for the kids, load up my cart and we were usually in and out of the store before the end of the line, around 15 minutes. Then we would drive to the mall to get a free decoration from JCP, no shopping there, but turn around and go to toys r us, that is were we stood in line the longest. We were always home before the guys woke up, and fixed the whole bunch a big breakfast. Believe it or not it was fun.
