Dearborn — The festive, get-in-line-at-midnight, near-stampede-level spirit of Black Friday is dead, Metro Detroit shoppers say.

"There was more spirit in it," said Verizon sales specialist Xavier Ramirez, who mourned the end of the frenzied shopping once synonymous with Black Friday during his shift inside a calm Best Buy in Dearborn.

"Here this morning, we opened up and it was 10-15 customers," Ramirez added. "Which is still good, but it's not like it used to be. It used to be lines all around the store."

Gone are the days when deal lovers cut Thanksgiving short to stand in line for hours at the crack of dawn for steep discounts. Still, Black Friday remains the busiest day of in-person shopping in the United States, according to the Associated Press.

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