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THE ORIGIN OF BLACK FRIDAY-

The day's name originated in Philadelphia, where it originally was used to describe the heavy and disruptive pedestrian and vehicle traffic which would occur on the day after Thanksgiving. Use of the term started before 1966 and began to see broader use outside Philadelphia around 1975. Later an alternative explanation began to be offered: that "Black Friday" indicates the point at which retailers begin to turn a profit, or are "in the black".

~Martin L. Apfelbaum, Philadelphia's "Black Friday," American Philatelist, vol. 69, no. 4, p. 239 (Jan. 1966).

  Kevin Drum (November 26, 2010). "Black Friday".

"heavy and disruptive pedestrian and vehicle traffic...."????

I KNEW IT!

I mean there had to be

 a better reason

for today to be called

"Black Friday"

other than that whole

finishing in the black stuff!

It had to be something more like

"The day that people go completely insane

trying to get in the

 front door of Walmart

throwing punches at people

who get in front of you because

 they might get to one of

the $2 waffle makers

 before you do.

 This must be done in front of

 security cameras which will,

of course, somehow find it's way

 on the evening news programs."



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Every Thanksgiving

 Friends & Relations

who share turkey with me

inevitably will ask if 

I'm doing any holiday shopping on Friday!



DON'T THEY KNOW ME??

DON'T THEY KNOW I WOULD RATHER

PLUCK OUT MY EYES THAN SHOP

ON "BLACK FRIDAY"?

  

They just ask me this

so they can see my eyes bug out

and food spit out of my mouth....

Why???

After years & years of working in

retail at various shopping malls

I am SO done with fighting to

-concentrate on my list

-get to the things I need

-keep from whacking anyone in line

-get to the register

-move against the crowds

-moving from store to store

-get to a bathroom stall

-finding my car

-get to end of the line out

of the never ending parking lot

So if you haven't guessed yet

NO

I never go out shopping on

Black Friday

However:

I  do Shop Main Street Small Businesses
after the Thanksgiving Weekend.

&

I am a Cyber Monday Girl.

While I would love to do all my

Christmas Shopping

at Small Shops & Businesses

with 2 teenage sons

it's impossible to fill their

 video game requests....

without shopping Amazon.

Yet....

Well dressed windows,

decked out in their Holiday best,

 glowing their light onto the sidewalk below.

Neighbors, family & friends

carrying bags full of purchases

 that will find themselves wrapped

 in bright, jolly papers & ribbons.

Garlands & Wreaths

strung from the street lights

 swaying slightly in the

winter's night breezes

while Holiday Music leaks

out onto the streets with the

opening & closing of shop doors.

Main Street is the Romance of the Holiday Season 

And the cyber equivalent of "Main Street"

could very well be

where you can find unique handmade & vintage goods

for sale by artisans & dealers who have set up their own 

virtual shops by the thousands.

Selling

handmade soaps, lotions, fragrances

jewelry of all kinds,

pottery, quilts, glassware, lighting,

wood crafting, art of all kinds,

vintage clothing, smalls & furniture

and other wonderfully creative goods that will

enchant your Holiday Gift Giving!

So as you are making your Shopping Lists

and Checking them twice

Stroll down your local Main Street

Visit the friendly shop owners

&

Get on over to Etsy

Support Small Businesses!!  

BUT

Stay Away From

shopping on any day of the week with the word

Black

prefacing it

These aren't the kind of 
Holiday Memories you want,

Right?