NOV 29, 24 ( 1 / 2 ) .. BLACK FRIDAY.. THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING..

The above image says it all. I could end this Post right here.. But I am not going to do so..

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NATIONAL TODAY / NATIONAL DAY CALENDAR.. Are the sources of most, but not 100%, of the information on our various “Days”.

I wanted “to see” what National Today and National Day Calendar “have to say” about Black Friday.

So here we go Loop De Loop..

Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving when retailers offer some of the best deals and lowest prices of the year.

Black Friday will have cash registers ringing this November 29th.

It’s the day of the year when retailers finally start generating profit..

Thus going from “being in the red” to “being in the black.”

Get out your pocketbook and prepare to shell out some cash, because..

The Friday after Thanksgiving is the biggest shopping day of the year!

First, there’s Thanksgiving — a day to be grateful for all life’s blessings. The next day, Black Friday, encourages you to give way to your greed by spending as much money as possible. Welcome to the official start of the holiday season! But the story of Black Friday is full of “official” and unofficial versions of its origins, starting with the name.

Black Friday originally referred to September 24,1869 when a scheme to manipulate America’s gold markets backfired resulting in numerous bankruptcies across the country. Even more troubling is the unsubstantiated story that southern slave owners allegedly got a “good deal” if they bought slaves on the Friday after Thanksgiving — “Black Friday,” indeed!

But, the story that’s most well-known about Black Friday is that retailers marked the day when filled coffers from holiday shoppers helped businesses go from being “in the red” to “in the black.” Although popular, this story is also not quite accurate. So, what is the actual story of Black Friday? We have to go to Philadelphia for that.

Philadelphia cops complained about “Black Friday” when they were stuck working off days and overtime the day after Thanksgiving. Packed downtown streets with hordes of shoppers, tourists, and fans in town for the next day’s Army-Navy game, meant that Black Friday was a haven for shoplifters as well as a crowd-controlling nightmare for the police.

Unfortunately, the idea that Black Friday was also a retailers’ headache did not entice Philly’s shoppers. By 1961, Philadelphia retailers decided “if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em,” turning a negative into a positive by way of reinvention. In the 1980s, “Black Friday” became synonymous as a day for big deals in national retail. Today, Black Friday invites you to shop ‘til you drop for the best bargains of the year.

Don’t miss these BLACK FRIDAY TID-BITS ..

Amazon and Walmart are the places to grab the best Black Friday deals.

Based on preliminary data provided by Black Friday.com, 61% of the buying public shopped on Black Friday last year.

The National Today data science team surveyed 1,000 people about their Black Friday shopping habits.

Almost three-quarters of Americans plan to shop on Black Friday.

Most will spend between 2 and 5 hours in-store on Black Friday.

Many people carb up on Thanksgiving dinner for the long, dark, cold wait in line outside their favorite store to get in when the doors open on Black Friday.

If you’ve ever seen the local news reports of people strong arming grandmas for 4K TVs then you understand the tradition of aggressive shopping on Black Friday.

One of the best Black Friday traditions is browsing Amazon in the comfort of your own home in anticipation of Cyber Monday while watching other people trample each other to get the last BOGO Apple TV. Yes, it’s dark. Yes, it’s satisfying. Congrats on your life choices.

Well. Have you “had enough” of Black Friday?

I am NOT going into great details about the below “Day”.

Originating in Canada in the early ’90s, National Buy Nothing Day occurs on the day after Thanksgiving each year in the U.S, on November 29 this year. In an effort to combat the unethical and sometimes even dangerous mob shopping behaviors of Black Friday, artist Ted Dave established this anti-consumerism holiday in 1992.

The idea is to counteract the madness of holiday shopping by encouraging a mindful and environmentally friendly attitude toward post-feast purchasing. We’ve been looking for an excuse not to hit the mall so early on Thanksgiving weekend, and here it is!

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Can you “deal with more”?

We published a Thanksgiving Day Post over on Google Blogspot. It features some of YOUR Thanksgiving Greetings to Patti and me!

https://bobbacaps.blogspot.com/2024/11/nov-28-24-happy-joyous-thanksgiving-day.html

Can you find YOUR greeting?

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Cap and Patti

Oh By The Way.. Part 2 of 2 for NOV 29 follows below..

https://babakaps.net/?p=66211

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