The whole thing about Black Friday being the largest shopping day of the year isn’t actually true. From what I hear, the Saturday before Christmas is usually the busiest and most lucrative day of the year for America’s retailers. But with the big discounts and “starting line” frenzy promoted by big (and small) stores, the day has become a pretty big deal in our collective consciousness. I’ve never actually been at any of our local Black Friday sales, but it seems like the shopper stampede is usually relatively tame around here.

Many people see all those shoppers lined/bundled up for hours before a store opens, and the word “sheep” immediately pops to their lips. I’m not sure that’s an accurate name to use, but I’ve never gotten excited over big-big-big sales, not to the point of camping on the concrete outside of a store. Or course, I rarely find something exciting enough to get me out of bed before the sun comes up. What about you?

Check out some photos from Best Buy's door opening.