Richard Carson/Houston Chronicle Show More Show Less 14 of51 42nd annual Foley's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Nov. Richard Carson/Houston Chronicle Show More Show Less 13 of51 42nd annual Foley's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Nov. Richard Carson/Houston Chronicle Show More Show Less 12 of51 42nd annual Foley's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Nov. Richard Carson/Houston Chronicle Show More Show Less 11 of51 42nd annual Foley's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Nov. Betty Tichich/Houston Chronicle Show More Show Less 10 of51 Don Nelson, right, and Lisa Trapani of KTRK's "Good Morning Houston" and actor Bronson Pinchot at the 42nd annual Foley's Thanksgiving Day parade, Nov. The day after Thanksgiving, the busiest shopping day of the year, is considered the first day of the Christmas shopping season as crowds pack malls and other retail outlets. 30, 1991, Chronicle: Tracy Zozaya, left, district manager for Gadzooks in Sharpstown Mall, helps customer Renee Askins of Houston with a shopping decision Friday, Nov. Larry Reese/Houston Chronicle Show More Show Less 9 of51 From the Nov.
He had been hospitalized for five days for an unexplained irregular heartbeat. Larry Reese/Houston Chronicle Show More Show Less 8 of51 Rockets center Hakeem Olajuwon meets with the media before leaving Memorial Southwest Hospital, Nov. Lister is leaving its remover to the owner. The nest covered the living room wall and an equally large portion of the wall behind it. Lister said it's the largest yellow jacket colony he has ever seen. Neighbors called Lister after they noticed the wasps and part of the nest on the doorway into the house. Steve Ueckert/Houston Chronicle Show More Show Less 7 of51 Bee enthusiast Don Benskin, left, and beekeeper Daryl Lister carefully examine a large yellowjacket nest inside an abandoned house Wednesday, Nov. Steve Ueckert/Houston Chronicle Show More Show Less 6 of51 CompUSA store at 12230 Westheimer, Nov. Steve Ueckert/Houston Chronicle Show More Show Less 5 of51 CompUSA store at 12230 Westheimer, Nov. Betty Tichich/Houston Chronicle Show More Show Less 4 of51 CompUSA store at 12230 Westheimer, Nov. Betty Tichich/Houston Chronicle Show More Show Less 3 of51 Some of the hottest toys of the year, Nov. Betty Tichich/Houston Chronicle Show More Show Less 2 of51 Shoppers at Sharpstown Mall the day after Thanksgiving, Nov. 1 of51 Shoppers at Sharpstown Mall the day after Thanksgiving, Nov.