Shoppers crowd a Target store Friday Nov. 23, 2007 in Pasadena, Calif. Shoppers _ shrugging off a spate of lead-tainted toy recalls and higher prices for food and gas _ jammed stores before dawn Friday to grab discounted TVs, toys and the hard-to-find Nintendo Wii, for the official start of the holiday season, expected to be the weakest retail showing in five years.