taking advantage of the sales. but it is this big day for returns and exchanges. i'm lucky, because i liked everything i got al qaeda nd it, which is very nice. but a lot of people aren't in that boat. what's your advice for them? >> the number one piece of advice is bring your i.d. for you. a lot of stores will be asking you for for your i.d. they're trying to cut down on fraudulent returns. excessive returns that people are making. so they're going to ask you for your i.d. another suggestion, don't open the gift. you have a better chance of getting it returned that way. hopefully, there's a gift receipt, and if there is a receipt, go ahead and check out the return policy for the store. you may actually have a bigger window of time, that you don't have to rush there with all the crowds. maybe you'll have to wait a couple days before you can return it. >> yeah, avoid those crowds. alison kosik, happy holidays to you. thank you. >> same to you. >> that's it for me. i'll be back at 5:00 eastern on "the situation room." for all of our international viewers, amanpour is next.