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Black Friday shopper vows to start earlier next year

Mate Sebestyen, 48, of Coram takes a break

Photo credit: Newsday/Ted Philips

After nearly four hours of scouring the Smith Haven Mall in Lake Grove, Mate Sebestyen sat down to rest his legs. This was his initiation to Black Friday, made possible by the fact he had the day off from his job managing an import business.

“I'm pretty much done for today, for now,” said Sebestyen, 48, of Coram. “All I did was Christmas shopping.”

Well, not quite all. He also bought...

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