A 'Black Friday Special'

Friday, November 23, 2012

It's Black Friday! That cry brings a shiver of excitement to some and a tremble of terror to others. The Friday after Thanksgiving was first called "Black Friday" in the city of Philadelphia, it seemed to the police department and emergency personnel that the huge volume of vehicle and pedestrian traffic caused by this super shopping day brought all kinds of problems they didn't normally have to deal with so they dubbed the day "Black Friday" because of the anxiety it caused them. While it was a bad day for some, it was a great day for retailers so to them "Black Friday" refers to bringing their profits into the plus column where they use black ink rather than red.

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