Black Friday 2018 sales starting earlier than ever at Best Buy and Walmart

Like, on Thanksgiving.

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Nov. 8, 2018 3:49 p.m. PT

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This year, Black Friday will get started early. Like, on Thursday.

You may want to experiment with a Thanksgiving lunch instead of Thanksgiving dinner on Nov. 22. Best Buy and Walmart have both announced that their in-store Black Friday sales will kick off on the evening of Thanksgiving Day.

Best Buy will open its stores from 5 p.m. local time on Nov. 22 -- again, that's Thanksgiving Day -- and close up at 1 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 23. That will give shoppers an opportunity to head home for a few hours of sleep before Best Buy reopens its stores at 8 a.m.

Walmart is open all day Thanksgiving and will kick off its Black Friday deals on Thursday at 6 p.m. local time --two hours earlier than last year. Free coffee and Christmas cookies will be available to the brave souls who show up -- though most of Walmart's Black Friday deals will come online the evening before, at 10 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Nov. 21.

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We've collected our favorite Walmart Black Friday deals, and you can see a more complete list by clicking through the slideshow below.

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Best Buy

We've collected our favorite Best Buy Black Friday deals, and you can see a more complete list of Black Friday deals at all major retailers by clicking through the slideshow below.