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"Toys \"R\" Us announced it's joining Kohl's in round-the-clock sales leading up to Christmas for the first time.This is good for last-minute shoppers, but others have concerns.VIDEO: Security concerns surround round-the-clock holiday shoppingSecurity is a concern for many shoppers during the day and it does increase at night.Nevertheless, extended hours for Christmas shopping like Toys \"R\" Us is becoming a sign of the times. The question is, are shoppers and security forces ready for it?Toys \"R\" Us plans to open for 87 straight hours from 6 a.m. Saturday until 9 p.m. Christmas Eve.The company said it is providing customers the opportunity to shop whenever it is most convenient for them.Shopper and grandfather Mark Palkowski said while that may be true for some, overall, he thinks having shoppers in the parking lot after midnight is not a good idea.\"I think you're going to have too many people are going to be congested and too many people in the store, and I think people are going to lose their cool and their temper,\" Palkowski said.Julia Mendez said she finds herself looking over her shoulders during the day, so she can't imagine what it would be like after midnight.\"You know there's a lot of people out to watch and see what you're buying and what you're doing and will rob you in your cars. I mean, it's happened before,\" Mendez said.Milwaukee police said District 6 has expanded their holiday presence deployments because of the extended store hours of several merchants.That would include Kohl's stores which also announced that its stores will open around the clock for the first time ever from Friday through Christmas Eve.Kohl's cited the same reason as Toys \"R\" Us -- to make it easier for last minute gift buying. But two communities, Brown Deer and Glendale rejected the round-the-clock hours.\"We have to add more police officers after that time. That's our third shift,\" Brown Deer Village President Michael Hall said. \"Adding more police officers is our biggest concern at night, so that third shift, we'd have to add more, and we don't generally want to do that.\"Toys \"R\" Us said the extended hours not only make shopping more convenient for customers, it also gives them more opportunities to take advantage of around-the-clock savings and deals.So far, Toys \"R\" Us and Kohl's are the only to stores to announce marathon hours before Christmas. Other stores and malls plan extended hours leading up to Christmas."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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