Instead of waiting for Black Friday, which is typically the year's biggest shopping day, some major retailers opened on Thanksgiving this year.
The Holiday Shopping Rush in the U.S.
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Customers wait on line to make their purchases at the Times Square Toys R' Us, New York, Nov. 28, 2013.
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Best Buy bargain hunters swarm manager Ramon Estevez as he hands out scarves and hats that will identify those eligible for specially priced door-buster sale items late in the evening on Thanksgiving Day in Dunwoody, Georgia, Nov. 28, 2013.
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Shoppers line up to get on the escalator at Macy's Herald Square in New York on Thanksgiving, Nov. 28, 2013. (Sandra Lemaire/VOA)
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The crowd outside Macy's Herald Square in New York ahead of the store opening on Thanksgiving, Nov. 28, 2013. (Sandra Lemaire/VOA)