Black Friday!

Black Friday! I didn't quite understand why it came with lots of ads and promotions although I already spend so much money because of the good deals!

I learned that Thanksgiving is the day to give thanks to God for giving a good harvest and to appreciate people who helped you. (Also, the day with family and having Turkey!) and the next day after Thanksgiving is "Black Friday." But I never knew about Black Friday until I got here.

According to the information on the Internet, this is a formal "buy" day for Christmas gifts, since 1930s.

But where did "Black Friday" and "black" come from? On the surface, this is the day that the United States opens a lot of shops different from the usual time, and some of them will open at five or six o'clock in the morning. This is the time for shopping. From the early darkness, it seems enough "black" for it!

However, there is also a saying that the day's business books show profit, which is traditionally called  being in the "black" rather than a deficit, which is called being in the red. So, profits equal "Black Friday."

No matter what the origin of Black Friday is, it is interesting to note that because of the changing times, this day has become more of a pure consumer day, and has come to us "across the ocean." In the end. It is an important day for businesses, and a discount day when consumers profit.

In the spirit of the times, Black Friday is followed by Cyber Monday.   People do not have to get up early to go to the mall, or shopping in the middle of the night. Black Friday can be the day of online shopping in the United States to buy discounted products, and then wait for things to be shipped from across the sea. This is the time we live in, "Black Friday."

http://www.denverpost.com/2016/12/04/black-friday-cyber-monday-results/