Day after the Friday frenzy

The Black Friday bargain bonanza sent stampedes of shoppers clambering through store shelves for the hottest holiday gadget.

But 22News hit the stores on Saturday to discover that the day after Black Friday brings out an entirely different crowd of consumers.

"Yesterday was a lot of people you know in the stores and stuff like that. Today's, you know, not too much people shopping and exchanging stuff so today's a perfect day to shop," said Jonathan Santana of Holyoke.

Kayla Maagero of Ludlow said she avoids the holiday rush at all costs.

"I didn't even leave the house until 5:00, I just wanted to stay home and avoid any traffic 'cause people are crazy, they speed."

On Black Friday, many of the mall-goers told 22News that shopping during the annual frenzy is somewhat of a sport.

"The crowd here is not very thick as it was yesterday and the deals are still going to be the same as yesterday I think," said Michael Robert of Chicopee.

The 22News interactive internet poll revealed that 80% of respondents said they stayed home, leaving the Black Friday deals to others.

Some shoppers at the Holyoke Mall today told 22News they heard horror stories about the crowds yesterday and even this year's hottest toys couldn't get them out of the house.

"Accidents, can't even walk through the stores, you can't do anything around this time, you can't get through you know it's like trying to find a needle in a haystack, you know, I couldn't do it."

"It was way too packed. I didn't want to get trampled here," echoed Mary Leblanc.

Hannah Smith said, "It's not worth it because everybody's just gonna run and get the toys and all that."

Traditionally, Black Friday is the busiest shopping day of the year and many people wait until the hype dies down to hit the stores.