Bolingbrook resident Jennifer Peterson (left) and her mother Christine Burris (right), of Wilmington, make the second journey back to their car to drop off purchases while shopping at Louis Joliet Mall Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Shoppers wait in line to check out at JC Penney at Louis Joliet Mall Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Bolingbrook resident Jennifer Peterson (left) and her mother Christine Burris (right), of Wilmington, make the second journey back to their car to drop off purchases while shopping at Louis Joliet Mall Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Joliet resident Cindy Marble (center) joins a Warehouse Workers for Justice Black Friday Action event to support striking Walmart workers outside Walmart Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, at 2424 W. Jefferson St. in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Joliet resident Don Torrence (left) joins a Warehouse Workers for Justice Black Friday Action event to support striking Walmart workers outside Walmart Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, at 2424 W. Jefferson St. in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
People walk on the sidewalk during a Warehouse Workers for Justice Black Friday Action event to support striking Walmart workers outside Walmart Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, at 2424 W. Jefferson St. in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Joliet resident Don Torrence (at left) walks towards the sidewalk with others at the start of a Warehouse Workers for Justice Black Friday Action event to support striking Walmart workers outside Walmart Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, at 2424 W. Jefferson St. in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
People gather for a Warehouse Workers for Justice Black Friday Action event to support striking Walmart workers outside Walmart Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, at 2424 W. Jefferson St. in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Shoppers make their way at Louis Joliet Mall Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Romeoville resident Kenyatta Huddleston pushes a cart while shopping at Louis Joliet Mall Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Shoppers walk at Louis Joliet Mall Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Shoppers move about an entrance to JC Penney at Louis Joliet Mall Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Jessica Reyes (left) and her sister Bianca (right) take a break from shopping with their aunt Raquel Zavala (center) at JC Penney at Louis Joliet Mall Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, in Joliet. All three reside in Romeoville. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Kate Knuth, general manager, speaks about foot traffic at Louis Joliet Mall Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
JOLIET — Black Friday sales have crept so far into Thanksgiving Day that not only isn’t there much time left for the traditional family gathering, but there seems to be little energy left for shopping by the time the sun rises Friday. Or maybe little …