![]() The Casper Star Tribune | 'Black Friday' crowds lift retailers' gloom at start of month-long ... Independent - By Stephen Foley in New York. Crowds queued round the block for the 6am opening of New York's giant department store Macy's yesterday and malls across the US opened at midnight to lure consumers to the official start of the Christmas shopping spree. Today is Black Friday -- when the shopping season starts Attention Holiday Shoppers: We Have Fisticuffs in Aisle 2 |