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In a few days, the holiday shopping season will officially begin: stores will kick off frenzied Black Friday sales at a time otherwise reserved for Thanksgiving dinner, and the madness won't calm down until after Christmas. To prep, we asked a few big brands to ship us their holiday hauls, and we're unboxing the goods on our YouTube channel. Check out the first delivery from Sephora in the video above.