Black Friday: Twitter Affirms Your Decision to Stay Home [PICS]

If you're staying well away from the retail madness that is a mall on Black Friday, then we salute you. The lure of bargains is too much for many though, with shops opening their doors at midnight as the Holiday spending season begins in earnest.

Take a look through our gallery of Twitter pics showing the lines, crushes, overflowing shopping carts and mass of humanity desperate to nab the "door-busting" deals offered by retailers hoping to cash in on the tradition.