Do You Start Your Christmas* Shopping Tomorrow?
Here are some interesting things about "Black Friday". The source is Wikipedia so you can take it with a grain of salt.
Black Friday
Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving in the United States, is historically one of the busiest retail shopping days of the year. Many consider it the "official" beginning to the Christmas season.
The first use of this term to describe the day after Thanksgiving is not exactly known. There are two popular theories as to its origin.
One theory is that retailers traditionally operated at a financial loss for most of the year (January through November) and made their profit during the Christmas season. When this would be recorded in the financial records, common accounting practices use red ink to show negative amounts and black ink would show positive amounts. Black Friday is the beginning of the period where they would no longer have losses (the red) and instead take in the year's profits (the black).
Another theory comes from the fact that shopping experience on this day can be extremely stressful. Employees of retail stores have for years referred to Black Friday in a satirical way, to note the extremely stressful and hectic nature of the day. Heavy traffic and customer demands added to the long hours make it a difficult day.
Notice that Christmas is used instead of the offensive P.C. holiday season.
2 comments:
I like to be in the mall on the friday after Thanksgiving. I like the crowds, excitement, holiday spirit and all that. It's a fun time.
Janice doesn't. She doesn't like crowds, or the hustle and bustle.
Sometimes I'll buy something on this day. But I ALWAYS leave a few things to buy on Christmas Eve.
Christmas Eve is the best day for shopping. They put all the "Must sell" items that nobody else will buy on a bargain table. Great deals like chias and belly dancer clocks.
I hate the crowds, too. But anyone in their right mind wo.... never mind.
Post a Comment