Americans went on a shopping spree Thursday night, as the countdown for the Black Friday almost ended.

Stores threw open their doors in the night, highlighting the dawn of the shopping festival.

Start the slideshow to check the shopping frenzy.

Were Waiting...
Shoppers stand outside of a Target store at midnight on Black Friday in Torrington, Connecticut November 25, 2011. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi
Let the race begin
Shoppers look through a bin full of pajamas inside a store. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi
quotCheck that outquot
Matt Giardina pushes Jennie Clark along with their purchase, a HDTV, at a Best Buy store REUTERS/Adam Hunger
Getting the best of the lot.
Shoppers look at laptop computers at a Best Buy store in Framingham, Massachusetts REUTERS/Adam Hunger
Make a hole
Shopping carts fill a Target Store in Chicago. REUTERS/John Gress
Where its best safe.
A shopper carries an item on his head as he shops in Framingham, Massachusett. REUTERS/Adam Hunger
The hours go by.
Shoppers ride an escalator at a Target Store in Chicago. REUTERS/John Gress
Moving on.
A shopper drags boxes of televisions through the aisles at a Best Buy store. REUTERS/Adam Hunger
Order required.
A police officer directs traffic as shoppers waiting in line for a Target store to open on the shopping day REUTERS/Adam Hunger
Bring in the horses.
Nassau County Police officers on horseback patrol outside the Best Buy electronics store during Black Friday sales in Westbury. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
All mine...
A man carries a flat screen television into his car in Torrington. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi