BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) _ Many residents of the Dakotas didn't wait
until Black Friday to get started on their holiday shopping,
instead lining up outside stores on Thanksgiving.
Crowds were reported in the major cities across North Dakota and
South Dakota as some stores opened Thursday night and others early
Friday. Temperatures in the early morning hours Friday were mostly
in the teens, but shoppers said snapping up holiday deals is worth
standing out in the cold.
Ashley Gaddis joked outside a Huron Kmart that she
might be a little nuts, but she encouraged others to take part in
the holiday shopping tradition, saying, ``Put your gloves on, get
out there.''
Black Friday is named because it traditionally was the day when
crowds would push stores into ``the black,'' or profitability.
