2007-11-22 13:21:53 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
"Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving in the United States, where it is the beginning of the traditional Christmas shopping season. Since Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday in November in the United States, Black Friday may be as early as the 23rd and as late as the 29th day of November. Black Friday is not an official holiday, but many employers give the day off, allowing consumers to get a head start on their Christmas shopping. Retailers often decorate for the Christmas season weeks beforehand. Many retailers open very early (typically 5 A.M.) and offer doorbuster deals and loss leaders to draw people to their stores. Although Black Friday, as the first shopping day after Thanksgiving, has served as the unofficial beginning of the Christmas season at least since the start of the modern Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1924, the term "Black Friday" has been traced back only to the 1970s. "Black Friday" was originally so named because of the heavy traffic on that day, although most contemporary uses of the term refer instead to it as the beginning of the period in which retailers are in the black (i.e., turning a profit)."
2007-11-22 13:29:04 · answer #1 · answered by kr_toronto 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving. They call it Black Friday because stores can make it into the "black" or getting out of the red by having a good sales day.
2007-11-22 21:31:10 · answer #2 · answered by Jim S 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Black Friday is when many Americans are out shopping at the after Thanksgiving sales. The sales usually start at 4a.m. and end at 1p.m.
2007-11-22 21:25:42 · answer #3 · answered by Bisha W 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Friday after Thanksgiving when the retailers get out of the red and into the black because you give them all your money, including that which you don't even yet have.
2007-11-22 21:31:41 · answer #4 · answered by walyank 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
HUge shopping day for Christmas that is the day after thanksgiving.. everyone wants to start early. there are lots of sales
2007-11-22 21:24:58 · answer #5 · answered by Sarah S 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Big after Thanksgiving sales
2007-11-22 21:24:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
it falls behind thanksgiving and people are convinced that their getting the best deals of the century, many are at the stores as early as 4 or 5 am, crazy right?
2007-11-22 21:27:29 · answer #7 · answered by Kiki from K-town 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
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2007-11-22 22:36:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
tomorrows sales
2007-11-22 22:27:43 · answer #9 · answered by Hekate 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
SHOPPING SALES!
2007-11-22 21:26:41 · answer #10 · answered by sk939 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋