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Thanksgiving is a beautiful day filled with family, loved ones, and good food. All that merriment takes copious amounts of labor and planning ahead. It is almost inevitable that something will fall between the cracks and a last-minute store run will be necessary. But is that even possible? Heres a quick breakdown of what is open and closed on Thanksgiving 2025 to help you out in a pinch should you have a missing cranberry sauce crisis. But first lets take a look at everyday services: Is Thanksgiving a federal holiday? Yes, Thanksgiving is a federal holiday celebrated annually in the United States on the fourth Thursday in November. This makes November 27 the big day in 2025. Federal workers get a day off to observe the holiday. Will mail be delivered on Thanksgiving? No, there will be no letter or bills delivered on Thanksgiving. The only exception is Priority Mail Express. The United States Postal Service (USPS) will keep post offices closed, but some self-service kiosks will still be open. UPS will also be closed and not delivering on turkey day. The only exception is UPS Express Critical service. Similarly, FedEx locations will be closed. The only deliveries being made on Thanksgiving day are FedEx Custom Critical. Are banks open on Thanksgiving? No, banks are not open on Thanksgiving day. If you need some cash, though, ATMs outside of locations are generally open. Online banking is also an option. Is the stock market trading on Thanksgiving? No. Both the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the Nasdaq exchange will be closed for business. No opening bells will ring out. What stores are open on Thanksgiving? Its time to get into the cranberry sauce of it all. The following stores are open. Grocery stores Whole Foods: Open with limited hours. Hours vary by location Sprouts: 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. H Mart: Hours vary by location. Kroger: Some stores open with limited hours and a 5 p.m. closing time. Some pharmacies will be closed. Meijer: 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. Save A Lot: Hours vary by location Retailers Starbucks: Hours vary by location Dollar General: Hours vary by location Family Dollar: Hours vary by location Bass Pro Shops: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Big Lots: Most open 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. but hours vary by location. Cabelas: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. What stores are closed on Thanksgiving? Do not try your luck at the following stores, as they will all be closed: Trader Joes Publix Costco Walmart My kid is sick. Are any 24-hour pharmacies open? Many regular Walgreens stores will be closed on Thanksgiving, but its another story for their 24-pharmacy locations. Most of these will be open for business and emergency medicine runs. CVS, meanwhile, is open but with limited holiday hours. If you need medication, be sure to check your local store hours before making a trip.
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This article is republished with permission from Wonder Tools, a newsletter that helps you discover the most useful sites and apps. We sleep with our phones. Were tied to these devices for work, at homeeven on vacation. 43% of Americans feel addicted I was intrigued when writer Daniel Parris offered to share tips and tools he relies on to weaken the distracting pull of his phone. Daniel is a data scientist and data journalist who writes Stat Significant, a weekly newsletter with more than 23,000 readers. Its a lively read, with data-centric essays about movies, music, TV, and more. Between his consulting projects, pop culture data analyses, and weekly writing, Daniel juggles a lot. He relies on a curated toolkit to minimize distraction. In this guest post, he shares his favorite new tools for managing time and sharpening focus. A return to focus Daniel Explains: A year ago, I read Cal Newport’s Deep Work. It led me to rethink time management and reassess the distractions affecting my focus. Like most people, my smartphone makes daily life easierI text, get directions, send memes, and answer emails. In return for that convenience, my device quietly siphons away hours of free time. Since I first got an iPhone, I’ve found more and more of my time sliding toward social media and other escapist apps. Millions of others face similar challenges. Inspired by Deep Work, I wanted to see if I could retain the best aspects of modern tech without surrendering more time than necessary. Through trial and error, I’ve found a set of tools that help curb aimless tech use. I’m far from perfect, but these approaches have given me a foundation to build on. Blank spacessimplify your home screen If youd like to cut back on aimlessly scrolling through apps in search of a distractionBlank Spaces is worth a try. The app replaces your home screen with a minimalist launcher that displays essential tools in a simplified layout. You can still access all your apps through your phone’s search bar, but the interface eliminates habitual app tapping. Choosing five to eight essential apps may sound limiting, but you’ll gradually realize how little you actually need from your phone. Price: Free for 7 days, then $4/month; $18/year; $24/lifetime Brickblock distracting apps Brick is a small near-field communication (NFC) puck that pairs with an app. Its been the biggest breakthrough in how I use my phone. It lets me retain the fundamental utility of a smartphone (Google Maps, Yelp, Spotify) while blocking the apps that steal my time, including social media. You select the apps or websites you want to block, then tap your phone against the Brick to enter Brick Mode. It blocks distractions and notifications from your disabled apps, and everything else stays. To re-enable access to your restricted apps, you have to physically tap your Brick again. Brick may sound like a glorified app blocker. But the added friction makes all the difference. I usually place my Brick somewhere mildly inconvenient, far enough away to remind me I don’t really need to open Instagram right now. Repeatedly bricking and unbricking my phone usually sparks some healthy introspection. Why am I working this hard just to check my email? After my first few days, I got used to having my device bricked. Thats since become my phone’s default setting. Price: $59; students get a 20% discount. Yondr Boxput phones away Yondr may be most attractive to families or groups who want to collectively limit phone time. Phone boxes like this one allow you to store devices in a safe-like receptacle for a predetermined period. The features associated with these contraptions vary. Some prevent your phone from receiving a cell signal. With most of them, you set a timer and cant access your device until after the time has elapsed. Yondr and other tools like it work well for family game nigt or movie marathons. Price: $249 [Cheaper options include the $40 Mindsight Timed Lock Box – JC] Light Phoneget a simpler device When I was in middle school, I had a Motorola Razr. It could do very little beyond calls and texts. It broke constantly, but I loved my silly little Razr phone. For a 13 year old in the early 2000s, it was the best phone you could get. Then I got an iPhone. Overnight my Razr seemed like it was made of Play-Doh. Flash forward two decades, and a small but growing group of consumers is retreating to dumbphonesdevices with stripped-down functionality. (See a chart illustrating growth in interest) Some of these devices are extremely dumb. They work only for calling and texting. Others embrace a more intentional kind of minimalism. The Light Phone offers only essential functions: calling, texting, alarms, and directions. This streamlined design reduces screen time and digital distraction. It intentionally excludes social media, email, and web browsing, encouraging users to disconnect from their smartphones without going off the grid completely. Ive long flirted with buying a Light Phone, but have yet to pull the trigger. I have a friend who owns one and swears by it. In 2025, buying a dumbphone is a radical act. In 2002, you’d have been just like everyone else. It’s amazing how 20 years of technological progress can completely recalibrate how we live. Price: $699 for version 3 or $299 for version 2. Time-Block Plannermake time to focus This physical notebook helps me plan my day in 30-minute increments. Each task gets a defined start and end time. Time blocks are allocated between work, meetings, breaks, and admin taskswith the aim of minimizing idle time, avoiding the mental drag of context switching, and carving out uninterrupted stretches for deep work. When I first started time-blocking, it felt borderline draconianlike I was robbing my day of spontaneity. Over time, I’ve found it frees me up to focus on doing higher-quality work, instead of constantly thinking about what I should be thinking about. The scheduler helps me frontload my planning into one intentional session at the start of the day, instead of reconfiguring priorities every hour. I get that an analog journal isn’t the sexiest recommendation. Still, I like being able to plan my day without digital distraction, and I appreciate being able to see my schedule without staring at a screen. Price: $27.90 at Amazon Daniel was one of DoorDashs first 150 employees and data science hires. After working there for nearly six years, Daniel moved into consulting and data writing. Over the past year, hes taken on some of pop cultures greatest conundrums: At What Age Do We Stop Looking for New Music? Which Movies Popularized (or Tarnished) Baby Names? Which Shows Got Their Finale Right, and Which Didnt? Check out Stat Significant Check out Stat Significant to read more of Daniel’s work: Why Did Hollywood Stop Making Comedies? How Many Episodes Should You Watch Before Quitting a TV Show? Is Rotten Tomatoes Still Reliable? Connect with Daniel on LinkedIn or at daniel@statsignificant.com This article is republished with permission from Wonder Tools, a newsletter that helps you discover the most useful sites and apps.
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Want more housing market stories from Lance Lamberts ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. National home prices rose +0.1% year-over-year between October 2024 and October 2025, according to the Zillow Home Value Index reading published last weeka decelerated rate from the +2.4% year-over-year rate between October 2023 and October 2024. In the first half of 2025, the number of major metro area housing markets seeing year-over-year declines climbed. That count has since stopped ticking up. > 31 of the nations 300 largest housing markets (i.e., 10% of markets) had a falling year-over-year reading in the January 2024 to January 2025 window. > 42 of the nations 300 largest housing markets (i.e., 14% of markets) had a falling year-over-year reading in the February 2024 to February 2025 window. > 60 of the nations 300 largest housing markets (i.e., 20% of markets) had a falling year-over-year reading in the March 2024 to March 2025 window. > 80 of the nations 300 largest housing markets (i.e., 27% of markets) had a falling year-over-year reading in the April 2024 to April 2025 window. > 96 of the nations 300 largest housing markets (i.e., 32% of markets) had a falling year-over-year reading in the May 2024 to May 2025 window. > 110 of the nations 300 largest housing markets (i.e., 36% of markets) had a falling year-over-year reading in the June 2024 to June 2025 window. > 105 of the nations 300 largest housing markets (i.e., 36% of markets) had a falling year-over-year reading in the July 2024 to July 2025 window. > 109 of the nations 300 largest housing markets (i.e., 35% of markets) had a falling year-over-year reading in the August 2024 to August 2025 window. > 105 of the nations 300 largest housing markets (i.e., 35% of markets) had a falling year-over-year reading in the September 2024 to September 2025 window. > 105 of the nations 300 largest housing markets (i.e., 35% of markets) had a falling year-over-year reading in the October 2024 to October 2025 window. Earlier this year, an increasing number of housing markets slipped into year-over-year price declines as the supply-demand balance gradually tilted more toward buyers. But in recent months, the list of declining markets has begun to stabilize as inventory growth has stalled. Home prices are still climbing in many regions where active inventory remains well below pre-pandemic 2019 levels, such as pockets of the Northeast and Midwest. In contrast, some pockets in states like Arizona, Texas, Florida, and Coloradowhere active inventory exceeds pre-pandemic 2019 levelsare seeing modest home price pullbacks. Many of the housing markets seeing the most softness, where homebuyers have gained the most leverage, are primarily located in Sun Belt regions, particularly the Gulf Coast and Mountain West. Many of these areas saw major price surges during the Pandemic Housing Boom, with home price growth outpacing local income levels. As pandemic-driven domestic migration slowed and mortgage rates rose, markets like Tampa and Austin faced challenges, relying on local income levels to support frothy home prices. This softening trend is further compounded by an abundance of new home supply in the Sun Belt. Builders are often willing to lower prices or offer affordability incentives to maintain sales, which also has a cooling effect on the resale market. Some buyers, who would have previously considered existing homes, are now opting for new homes with more favorable homebuilder deals. window.addEventListener("message",function(a){if(void 0!==a.data["datawrapper-height"]){var e=document.querySelectorAll("iframe");for(var t in a.data["datawrapper-height"])for(var r,i=0;r=e[i];i++)if(r.contentWindow===a.source){var d=a.data["datawrapper-height"][t]+"px";r.style.height=d}}}); Of course, while 105 of the nations 300 largest metro area housing markets are seeing year-over-year home price declines, another 195 are still seeing year-over-year home price increases. Where are home prices still up on a year-over-year basis? See the map below. window.addEventListener("message",function(a){if(void 0!==a.data["datawrapper-height"]){var e=document.querySelectorAll("iframe");for(var t in a.data["datawrapper-height"])for(var r,i=0;r=e[i];i++)if(r.contentWindow===a.source){var d=a.data["datawrapper-height"][t]+"px";r.style.height=d}}});
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