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If you thought the year-end holiday shop-a-thon craziness started sometime close to Thanksgiving, think again.

This year's installment could be crazier as the Consumer Electronics Association's (CEA) holiday shopping survey claims overall spending will reach the highest point - $33.76 billion - since it began tracking holiday spending in 1994. That's up 2.5 percent over 2013.

Get ready for the crush.

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