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Images: Black Friday in the suburbs, across the country

See shoppers in the suburbs of Chicago and across the country begin their Christmas shopping season on Black Friday.

  Renee Mullaney of Cary is loaded down with shopping bags on Friday in Oakbrook Mall for an annual after Thanksgiving shopping spree with family. Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
  Claire Zettle, 22, of Arkansas, holds the phone for a family selfie at Macy's in Oakbrook Mall on Friday for an annual after Thanksgiving shopping spree. Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
  Renee Mullaney, left, of Cary and her daughter Kelley Mullaney of Decatur look at shoes in Macy's in Oakbrook Mall on Friday for an annual after Thanksgiving shopping spree. Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
  Lisa Nawracaj of Cary holds up a top she found on Friday in Oakbrook Mall for an annual after Thanksgiving shopping spree with family. Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
  Shoppers at Oakbrook Mall for Black Friday shopping. Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
Shoppers queue up in front of Victoria's Secret at the Dartmouth Mall on Black Friday, in Dartmouth, Mass. Stores opened their doors Friday for what is still one of the busiest days of the year, even as the start of the holiday season edges ever earlier. Associated Press
Hunter Harvey, 2, helps his dad, C.J. wheel a big-screen TV at Target on Black Friday in Wilmington, Mass. Associated Press
Chely Navarro, left, and Maria Ruiz, right, take a break from Black Friday shopping at Arrowhead Towne Center, in Glendale, Ariz. Associated Press
Teresa Morris, right, pushes a basket full of items through a tight parking lot after she and her niece Anna Stevenson, who celebrates finding their car, and her daughter Krystal Keith drove down from Jessup, Ga., to shop at the Toys R Us in Jacksonville, Fla. Associated Press
Guests wait for Black Friday sales before Target doors open at 6 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 24, in Jersey City, N.J. Associated Press
Target CEO, Brian Cornell, joins store team members prior to the Thanksgiving opening on Thursday, Nov. 24, in Jersey City, N.J. Associated Press
Shoppers carry their purchases as they leave Target on Black Friday in Wilmington, Mass. Associated Press
Shoppers wait for doors to open at Wal-Mart on Black Friday, in Dartmouth, Mass. Associated Press
Donnell Allen, a sales associate at JC Penny, attempts to hand out coupon packets while being rushed by a crowd of Black Friday shoppers shortly after the doors opened at 3 p.m. on Thursday at Midland Park Mall in Midland, Texas. Associated Press
Buyers do their Black Friday shopping in an electronic store in Nyiregyhaza, east of Budapest, Hungary, Friday, Nov. 25. Black Friday is relatively new in Hungary, and according to some polls the number of Hungarians hunting for bargains grew compared to the number in 2015. Associated Press
Maddy, left, and her friend Maggie, last names not given, sit with their shopping bags at Union Square in San Francisco on Black Friday. Associated Press
Shoppers wait in line to enter a Uniqlo store as it opens in San Francisco on Black Friday. Associated Press
Shoppers carry their purchases as they walk along Fifth Avenue on Black Friday in New York. Associated Press
Shoppers pass by a retail store as they walk along Fifth Avenue on Black Friday in New York. Associated Press
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