Not everything is closed on the first day of the year, although fewer stores and restaurants are open January 1 than on Christmas.  There are actually plenty of stores open January 1. In fact, it's simpler to identify the one that isn't open than to rattle off the long list of retailers that intend to keep their after-Christmas sales going on the first day of 2018. Would you believe that it's Costco, of all places? If that didn't surprise you, perhaps you weren't aware that the warehouse chain Read more [...]