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When Do Stores Open on Black Friday?

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

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.

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. More store hours are available on BFAds.net. The national operating hours listed may vary from store to store. Please check with your local retailer to verify Black Friday store hours.

Black Friday sales begin on Thanksgiving

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Walmart will begin its sales at 8 p.m.

Sears will be open at 8 p.m. with specials.

Target will open at 9 p.m. with sale items all across the store.

Toys R Us will open at 8 p.m.

Midnight start on Black Friday

HH Gregg will open at midnight.

Best Buy opens at midnight after Thanksgiving with sales on electronics.

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

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

Macy's will be open at midnight.

4 a.m. on Black Friday

JC Penney opens at 4 a.m. with special deals.

5 a.m. on Black Friday

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

Sam's Club will open at 5 a.m.

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

Dicks Sporting Goods opens at 5 a.m. with special savings until 2 p.m.

Sports Authority opens at 5 a.m. with specials until 3 p.m.

Michaels opens at 5 a.m. with sales on crafts, holiday decor and home items.

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

Jo-ann Fabrics will open at 6 a.m. on friday with deals on craft items.

Stein Mart will open their doors at 7 a.m.

Staples opens at 6 a.m. with specials until noon.

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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