Black Friday after Thanksgiving day. Sound weird to you?
6 Answers to "Black Friday after Thanksgiving day. Sound weird to you?"
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It should be Dumb People Friday.
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"Black Friday, because only in America do people trample each other for sales, exactly one day after being thankful for everything they already have"
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It should be called black & blue friday.
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No, companies want to get "out of the red"(losing money) and "into black."(profiting) Though I do wonder what the original circumstances for the coining of the term were....
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Nah - It's all about the books
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Posted by JadenguilOKelly Nov 22nd, 2012 at 8:12PM
Black Friday was the name given to the Friday after Thanksgiving in the 60s by the Philadelphia Police Dept to describe traffic jams, shop lifters, jay walkers and massive crowds all shopping and taking advantage of sales after the holiday. Apparently it was used to deter people from going outside on that Friday as people could "get hurt" or "mugged" etc... It was later said to mean that stores having sales would "be in the black" from massive sales.
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Reply by Ambivilent Nov 22nd, 2012 at 8:36PM
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