Black Friday is a little more civilized in Canada.
You won't have to forgo sleep to steal the best deals and find the deepest discounts.
In the U.S., where Black Friday shopping was invented to kick off the Christmas shopping season the day after American Thanksgiving, stores open at 12:01 a.m..
Some even throw their doors open at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving to get a jump on it all.
But in Kelowna the earliest opening will be 6 a.m. at The Brick.
"Last year, we did the 12:01 a.m. to emulate what happens in the U.S.," said The Brick Kelowna manager Tom St. Georges.
"It was a success. But this year we decided on a 6 a.m. opening because it can still be a success and shoppers can get some sleep."
While Black Friday shopping targets electronics, The Brick also carries a wide range of furniture and mattresses, so deals will be across the board.
"We're talking a 40-inch LED TV for only $299, a 75-inch Samsung smart TV for only $2,499 and 50 per cent off mattresses," said St. Georges.
The doors on Black Friday at Andre's Electronic Experts on Springfield Road will open at a regular 9 a.m..
"We don't have to open early to offer the best deals," said manager Derek Shaw.
"You can sleep in and still get a 55-inch curve TV for an amazing $1,599 and a 4K super-high-resolution TV at 55-inches for $1,300."
Shaw said the latest and greatest in big TVs is the driving force for Black Friday, so that's what Andre's concentrates on.
However, there will still be bargains on stereos, cameras and smartphones.
For the first time last year, Black Friday was the best day ever for Andre's, which has stores throughout the Interior.
That means it was bigger than Boxing Day, which is traditionally the busiest shopping day of the year for electronics stores, and busier than any of the heavy shopping days just before Christmas.
Andre's is also doing a pre-Black Friday sale on Thursday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. where it hints the deals will be of anything goes and no shirt-all service calibre.
If your Black Friday desires go outside the realm of electronics, there's money to be saved buying skis, snowboards, hockey equipment, skates, clothes, outerwear and shoes at SportChek in Orchard Park mall.
"We expect it to explode this year," said manager Aidan Lightfoot.
"With such great deals on big-ticket items, it's definitely worth shopping on Black Friday."
Again, you won't have to lose sleep to get these bargains.
SportChek opens at its regular time of 9 a.m.
Also in the non-electronics category, Home Depot at Central Park is going big with appliances, power tools, paint, Christmas d脠cor, fireplaces, flooring, kitchen cabinets and bathrooms.
"Big savings on appliances is the biggest draw," said assistant store manager Rob Frank.
"But, there are deals throughout the store."
London Drugs is another one-stop shop that will have Black Friday bargains.
"The bulk of sales will be electronics because everyone wants that latest piece of technology in curve TVs, computers, tablets and cameras," said manager Jim Larsen.
"But we definitely get those residual sales at the photo lab, in cosmetics and fragrances and general merchandise."
London Drugs will open at its regular time of 9 a.m. on Black Friday.
Americans have Friday off post-Thanksgiving to do their shopping, but it's a regular workday in Canada.
That means retail-mad Canadians may have to take the day off work, call in sick or power shop during their lunch hour or after work.
An IPG Mediabrands study indicates as many as 4.1 million Canadians may book Black Friday off work in order to deal seek.
Up to one million could call in sick.
In total, 49 per cent of Canadians will do some sort of Black Friday shopping and spend an estimated $13.4 billion.