Black Friday

From one holiday...

U.S. President George W. Bush talks to troops from Camp David, Maryland on Thanksgiving Day, November 22, 2007. Bush phoned members of the Armed Forces, who are stationed overseas, to wish them a happy Thanksgiving. (UNITED STATES)
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National Thanksgiving Turkey, during a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, November 20, 2007.
REUTERS/Jason Reed

President Bush and children pet "May", the Thanksgiving Turkey, during a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, November 20, 2007.

REUTERS/Jason Reed

President Bush and Pastor Mike Hennigan gather packets of macaroni and cheese for those in need, during his visit to the Central Virginia Foodbank, in Richmond, Virginia, November 19, 2007. Bush travelled to Virginia for events prior to the Thanksgiving holiday.
Reuters/Jason Reed

U.S. air force personnel at Manas air base near Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan celebrate Thanksgiving November 22, 2007.

REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov

A U.S. soldier takes food during a Thanksgiving meal at Bagram airbase, north of Kabul, November 22, 2007.
REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

Host Kirk Douglas (R) waves next to Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa before they serve a Thanksgiving meal outside the Los Angeles Mission in the Skid Row section of Los Angeles, California November 21, 2007.
REUTERS/Danny Moloshok

Two young girls ride on their father's rolling suitcase as they make their way to a flight at Newark's Liberty Intertnational Airport in Newark, New Jersey, November 21, 2007.
REUTERS/Mike Segar

Staff Sgt. Raymond Golden of Charleston, S.C. and headed to Afghanistan sits near a Christmas tree above the atrium at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, one day before the Thanksgiving holiday in Atlanta, Georgia, November 21, 2007.
REUTERS/Tami Chappell

...To the next....

Customers congregate before dawn Friday for the doors to open at Target in Texarkana, Texas. Store management say they saw over 500 customers in the first hour the store opened and a 37-inch High Definition TV for $549 was a huge seller for those who were patiently waiting.
Evan Lewis - AP

Customers pour into Circuit City as the store opens at 5 a.m. on Black Friday in Oakley, Calif. The first customers had been in line for nearly 12 hours.
Carrie Cochran - AP

A man dressed as Santa Claus (C) waves to the crowd as he rides aboard his float through Time's Square during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, November 22, 2007.
REUTERS/Brendan Mcdermid

U.S. air force personnel at Manas air base near Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan celebrate Thanksgiving, November 22, 2007.
REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov

Hillary Cardinell, 3, chats with a man dressed as Santa Claus inside the Cherry Creek Mall in Denver, Colo. Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, is the first big shopping day of the holiday season.
Matthew Staver - Bloomberg News