Shoppers wait in line at 11:26 p.m. on Thursday at Target in Augusta. The first shopper in line said that they’d been there since 4:20 p.m. Thursday.
An elf accompanies Mrs. Claus and Santa Claus as they greet shoppers walking between stores in the Marketplace at Augusta at 12:48 a.m. on Friday.
Shoppers walk between stores in the Marketplace at Augusta at 12:43 a.m. on Friday.
Chris Bell, left, and Ali Bell were the first people through after manager Ryan Colgan open the door at 12 a.m. on Friday at Kmart in Augusta. The Bells said that they’d been first in line and had been waiting since 6 p.m. Thursday.
Shoppers walk past a large sign offering large discounts at 12:52 a.m. on Friday at the Marketplace at Augusta.
Manager Ryan Colgan checks the time on his phone as he tells people in line that it’s almost time to open doors at 11:59 p.m. on Thursday at Kmart in Augusta.
A line of shoppers snakes into the parking lot at 11:19 p.m. on Thursday at Best Buy in Augusta.
A sign on the door explains that unlike in most of the rest of the country, large stores in Maine aren’t open on Thanksgiving as shoppers wait in line at 11:29 p.m. on Thursday at Target in Augusta. The first shopper in line said that they’d been there since 4:20 p.m. Thursday.
Samantha Bramlett, left, and Jessie Elwell, both of Litchfield, wait in line 1:45 a.m. on Friday in Kohl’s in Augusta. The lines wrapped around to the back of the store.
Ali Bell, of Augusta, pushes her cart through the crowded aisles at 12:03 a.m. on Friday at Kmart in Augusta. She was one of the first shoppers in line at the Western Avenue store at 6 p.m. on Thursday.
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