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Birds. other trend had big retailers closing for thanksgiving. i like this one. allowing workers with their families. in store spending is still out pacing online shopping with americans projected to pay $549 billion in person and 129 online during the holiday season. put me down for the online shopping category. joining me now is our consumer saving expert at nerve wallet. kourtney, that's the best strategy for approaching holiday shopping that black friday is not actually black friday and all these discounts. i feel like i got all my e-mails about the discount two days ago. >> yes, it seems ...

Cnn business correspondent alison kosik with the details. >> tally up how the holiday shopping season went. would you believe that americans unloaded hundreds of billions of dollars on gifts. the national retail federation forecasts a 3.6% jump in sales from last year. that total amount spent an incredible $655 billion. now, it was estimated that americans had planned to spend an average of $935 on gifts. that's second to last year. now, i'm thinking that some of what was spent on you for things that you really don't want. let me give you a cheat sheet in return. let's begin with gift cards. i...