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DENVER — The financial markets were closed for Good Friday, but it’s business as usual for shoppers and stores that are preparing for a busy Easter weekend.

The holiday is a booming, multi-billion dollar business.

Boris Sanchez shows us where all the money is going this year in the video report above.

Easter trivia:

  • Yellow is the top selling color of Peeps
  • The Easter Bunny is believed to have debuted in the United States in the 1700s