It is called Black Friday because it is traditionally the first day of the year that stores become profitable - pushing them out of the Red and into the Black.
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oh I thought it was black, because black represents death, and someone always seems to die on that day in a store.
So did I! Or like Black Thursday that signaled the beginning of the Great Depression.
well that is good to know... at least my money helped someone out that day
Good to know! I was unaware...
Mike Shaw calls it "Buy Nothing Day" I used to get it confused with Good Friday--which is NOT okay
That was Beetle.
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marx would be pleased to see how well his theory is working out.
I thought it was called Black Friday because the blackest part of our souls seems to come out in the fact of a flatscreen TV for $700.
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