Throngs brave weather for Christmas bargains

Dillon Dyson of Cabot walks out of Target in North Little Rock with his new television during Black Friday shopping, November 26, 2010.
Dillon Dyson of Cabot walks out of Target in North Little Rock with his new television during Black Friday shopping, November 26, 2010.

— At 10 p.m. Thanksgiving, when Toys R Us opened its doors, 900 people who snaked through a North Little Rock shopping center burst into cheers and applause.

The first customers to enter the store had been waiting since 3 p.m., when rain was pouring and temperatures began plummeting.

They are the most committed of Black Friday shoppers, the deal-hungry souls who brave hours of bitter cold temperatures got the best bargains of the holiday shopping  season.

Shoppers descend on LR stores for Black Friday

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It was the eve of the first “official” shopping day for Christmas — commonly known as Black Friday.

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