>> we have holly a franchise owner joining us now. she received a corporate memo to stay open thanksgiving but she didn't doing it. thanks very much for coming out with us. i know how important the holiday is to you. why did you decide to defy the order and keep your store closed? >> when i got the news we were to be open from sears, in recent years it was never an issue for us to be open on thanksgiving, but for whatever reason they decided that they wanted to compete with other retailers and for us to be open on thanksgiving. it was mandated. >> as you said no, did you get any grief from the company? any pushback? did they say, if you feel that strongly, we'll let you stay home? >> no, they did not come gently, let's put it that way. they were very adamant about us being open. and i sent them a very kind letter stating my beliefs, that