Silly/stupid question

lizardbreath28

What is black Friday? All I know is it's a big sale day or something in the US.

Thanks!

sstara

It is the day after Thanksgiving.  It is the biggest shopping day of the year.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_(shopping)

 

Kate&Mark

It's also the "official" first day of the holiday shopping season. A lot of retailers offer big discounts for a few hours in the early morning and stores open early. It gets a little crazy.

LindsayB0505

I think it's somewhat equivalent to our boxing day shopping.  People get up crazy early for good deals.

sstara

People actually got trampled to death last year...

crystalangel79

The stores open at 4 or 5am and there are crazy deals... esp on large, big ticket items like TVs, laptops, etc... often people (like myself) wait all year until Black Friday to buy something like a big screen or computer or something like that.... Looking at hopefully getting a 50 inch flatscreen this year for $600ish... if not cheaper.... my first flat screen!!

Johlise

Black Friday is the US equivalent to the Canadian Boxing Day sales... Same big hype because of the massive sales on everything!

lizardbreath28

Thanks for the explanations. When I first heard of Black Friday a couple years ago, I thought it was a day when stores were closed and people boycotted shopping for the day... Turns out I was completely wrong.

But more importantly, the US doesn't have Boxing Day?!

Johlise

lizardbreath28:

Thanks for the explanations. When I first heard of Black Friday a couple years ago, I thought it was a day when stores were closed and people boycotted shopping for the day... Turns out I was completely wrong.

But more importantly, the US doesn't have Boxing Day?!

No, sad... haha I miss having two days off with Christmas!