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.
![Customers wait on line to make their purchases at the Times Square Toys R' Us, New York, Nov. 28, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/123a47b7-f906-4cba-8d25-7835beaf41a8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Customers wait on line to make their purchases at the Times Square Toys R' Us, New York, Nov. 28, 2013.
![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.](https://gdb.voanews.com/003d4b00-d230-45b5-aed4-ed255c4db635_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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.
![Shoppers line up to get on the escalator at Macy's Herald Square in New York on Thanksgiving, Nov. 28, 2013. (Sandra Lemaire/VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/1f1fc9fe-90b5-4877-8f12-98ce6645584a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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)
![The crowd outside Macy's Herald Square in New York ahead of the store opening on Thanksgiving, Nov. 28, 2013. (Sandra Lemaire/VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/41d53776-c5ce-47dc-8fdb-e09b41eb5895_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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)