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Shoppers juggle price-reduced Christmas cards and wrapping paper as they wait in line to pay, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2002, at Bloomingdales in New York. Shoppers rummaged through stores for post-Christmas sales early Thursday as merchants sought to clear out leftovers and put behind them what is expected to be the weakest holiday season in at least 30 years. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Suzanne Plunkett)