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Silly/stupid question

lizardbreath28lizardbreath28
in July 2009 Weddings

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

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  • sstarasstara

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

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

     

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  • Kate&MarkKate&Mark member
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    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.

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  • LindsayB0505LindsayB0505 member
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    I think it's somewhat equivalent to our boxing day shopping.  People get up crazy early for good deals.
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  • sstarasstara
    People actually got trampled to death last year...
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  • crystalangel79crystalangel79
    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!! :)
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  • JohliseJohlise
    Black Friday is the US equivalent to the Canadian Boxing Day sales... Same big hype because of the massive sales on everything! Smile
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  • lizardbreath28lizardbreath28

    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?!

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  • JohliseJohlise
    imagelizardbreath28:

    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! 

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