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It's tough to say for sure who the first person to ever utter the words "Black Friday" might have been, but here's everything we know about its origins. Where did the name come from?
Black Friday is the Friday after Thanksgiving in the United States. It traditionally marks the start of the Christmas shopping season in the United States. Many stores offer highly promoted sales at discounted prices and often open early, sometimes as early as midnight or even on Thanksgiving.
Why is it called Black Friday? Black Friday began in Philadelphia in the early 1950s. Ahead of the big Saturday Army-Navy football game, suburbanites would head into the city for the game and...
Here's a crash course on how Black Friday got its start, name and more.
Black Friday refers to any one of several historical disasters that happened on Fridays, and, in a general sense, to any Friday the thirteenth. In the United States, Black Friday is also the nickname of the day after Thanksgiving, the first day of the traditional Christmas shopping season.
Good Friday is a Christian holy day observing the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Calvary. It is observed during Holy Week as part of the Paschal Triduum. It is also known as Black Friday, Holy Friday, Great Friday, Good Friday of the Passion of the Lord, Great and Holy Friday (also Holy and Great Friday ).
Contrary to popular belief, it's not the day retailers are "in the black." Here's how Black Friday got its name.
Black Friday (hoax), online hoax about the origin of the name. Black Friday (partying), the last Friday before Christmas in the United Kingdom. Good Friday or Black Friday, day of Christian observance in commemoration of Jesus' crucifixion.
Modern Black Friday. The Black Friday shoppers know and love — and friends and families of retail employees have heard horror stories of — didn't really come to be until the late 1980s.
Black Friday, Mad Friday, Frantic Friday or Black Eye Friday is a nickname for the Friday before Christmas Eve (24 December)—that is, the Friday after 16 December—in Great Britain. It is the most popular night for end-of-year corporate and industrial Christmas parties , which consequently makes it one of the busiest nights in the year for ...
