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When Do Holiday Shopping Hours Begin?

Wondering when the holiday shopping hours begin at local stores? We've got some answers for you below.

With Halloween behind us, retailers and shoppers are now staring down some of the biggest shopping days of the year - both in stores and online.

The National Retail Federation expects sales during November and December to rise 4.1 percent this year, according to a USA Today report.

Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, has become the accepted if unofficial start time of the Christmas rush. It's a huge day for retailers but only the first of a roughly month-long extravaganza.

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And thanks to Abe Lincoln, who decreed Thanksgiving a national holiday, Franklin D. Roosevelt, who signed into law that it should fall on the fourth Thursday in November, and Pope Gregory XIII, who blessed the calendar we use by papal bull, 2012 has the longest possible shopping season.

To explain: With Nov. 1 falling on Thursday, the fourth Thursday and Thanksgiving, Nov. 22, couldn't fall any sooner. And that means there is more time – the most time any year can provide – for shoppers to shop and businesses to reap bounty.

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Here are the hours of some local stores, as posted on TheBlackFriday.com website:

Thanksgiving Day

Old Navy is open Thanksgiving Day from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. It reopens at midnight after Thanksgiving. Clothes for the whole family will be on sale.

Midnight start on Black Friday

Walmart will begin its sales at midnight.

Kohl's opens at midnight after Thanksgiving offering items for the home, holidays, shoes and clothes.

Target will also be open at midnight with sale items all across the store.

Game Stop Opens at midnight with video games and electronic specials.

5 a.m. on Black Friday

Lowes will be open at 5 a.m. Friday with sales on appliances and home needs.

TheΒ Home Depot will open at 5 a.m. with specials in a variety of departments.

Radio Shack opens at 5:30 a.m. on Friday with sales on electronics and home items.

6 a.m. or later on Black Friday

Petsmart will open at 7 a.m. for all of your pet gifts.

Office Max willopen at 6 a.m. on Friday.


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