Black Friday Losing Its Allure?

Slowly, people are starting to lose interest in the craziest shopping day of the year.

According to Aol.com, this year's Black Friday saw a slightly smaller turnout than past years. About 133.7 million people braved the madness over the long weekend, but even those numbers are down 5.2 percent from the year before according to a survey.

Some shoppers boycotted the event because of unfair work hours for employees on Thanksgiving Day, with some major companies opening as early as 5 pm on Turkey Day, but the drop is mostly due to an increase in online shopping along with an uneasy economy for a lot of households.

Spending was down for the second year in a row, dropping from $407.02 per shopper last year to $380.95 each this year, with an estimated $7 billion total drop from last year.

However, retailers aren't exactly hitting the panic button.

A lot of big companies like Target, Macy's, and Wal-Mart have been pushing holiday sales since October, and will continue to give out big deals all month long. This means customers will spread their money out for holiday gifts.

Of course, there's still the typical nightmare Black Friday stories, with long lines and fights over cheap TVs, but the rest of the big shopping season kicks off again with Cyber Monday deals.