Shopping on Christmas Eve was a gift for Sellers

Many Americans have this Friday off and plan to run around the shops. It is expected that 2010 will break records for holiday shopping.

Fans put off everything until the last moment filled with shops, sweeping from the shelves of discount goods, buying gifts and products.

Shop 11-hour marathon of Advent showed the best results in sales, starting in 2007, and may put an absolute record. Christmas this fell on a Saturday, and on Friday most Americans the weekend.

According to a poll CBS, 23 million people planning to go shopping on Christmas Eve.

For retailers, according to expert estimates, it will be "Good Friday". The National Retail Federation expects that sales this year reached 451.5 billion dollars, 3.3 percent more than last year.