Black Friday: Photos of the Madness

Black Friday is notorious for huge and rowdy crowds, camping out, and general madness: here are some photos of the Black Friday frenzy.
Black Friday: Photos of the Madness
11/26/2010
Updated:
11/26/2010

Black Friday is notorious for huge and rowdy crowds, camping out, and general madness: here are some photos of the Black Friday frenzy.

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1. Lauren Arnold reads a book in her tent as she lines ups with others outside a BestBuy store in Laurel, Maryland, on November 25, 2010 for ‘Black Friday’ shopping. (JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

2. Shoppers wait in line to be let into Toys’R'Us on Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 2010 in New York City. (Michael Nagle/Getty Images)

3. A Best Buy employee prepares to open the doors to shoppers at dawn during Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving which commences the holiday gift-buying season on November 26, 2010 in Naples, Florida.(Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

4. Shoppers crowd a Best Buy store at dawn during Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving which commences the holiday gift-buying season on November 26, 2010 in Naples, Florida. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

5. Jonathan Fernandez, 6, sleeps in his parents shopping cart after entering a Best Buy store at dawn on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving which commences the holiday gift-buying season on November 26, 2010 in Naples, Florida. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

6. An employee (C) helps shoppers with Toy Story 3 toys at Toys’R'Us on Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 2010, in New York City. (Michael Nagle/Getty Images)

7. Shoppers crowd a Best Buy store at dawn during Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving which commences the holiday gift-buying season on November 26, 2010 in Naples, Florida. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

8. Shoppers on November 26, 2010 during ‘Midnight Madness’ at the Tyson’s Corner Center mall in Tyson’s Corner, Virginia. The event is part of Black Friday, traditionally the busiest shopping day of the year and kicks off the holiday shopping season for retailers. Tyson’s Corner Center is the largest shopping center in the Washington, DC area. (KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images)