How Did Black Friday Come to Be?
Thanksgiving is a time to eat and drink with family or friends. It’s a time to appreciate all we have and help others who don’t. Thanksgiving represents a vast coming-together throughout America when everyone can depend on and love one another. The next day, all bets are off. Black Friday or ‘Blitz day’ is considered to be the busiest time of year for both consumers and businesses. The whole country hurries to prepare for the holidays and hopefully avoid the Christmas rush, but with the whole country shopping on the day after Thanksgiving to avoid the rush, people aren’t surprised to find themselves in the dead center of the holiday shopping bonanza known as Black Friday. At the same time, many may be surprised to know the real Black Friday doesn’t come until weeks later. The word Black is usually held as a negative term and can be remembered from stock market disasters such as Black Monday and Black Tuesday. But Black Friday originated from the way profits or losses were recorded. If
