Black FRIDAY!

        

Pix. Courtesy of CNN.com

For many in this country and may be somewhere else in the world.., today is a day to do some serious shopping ahead of Christmas. it is the first Friday after Thanksgiving, it is yet to be recognized as an official holiday in the US but many offices are expected to be closed.

This is what blackfriday.com said about the origin of the day in case you are wondering…

“The term “Black Friday” was coined in the 1960s to mark the kickoff to the Christmas shopping season. “Black” refers to stores moving from the “red” to the “black,” back when accounting records were kept by hand, and red ink indicated a loss, and black a profit. Ever since the start of the modern Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1924, the Friday after Thanksgiving has been known as the unofficial start to a bustling holiday shopping season.

In the 1960's, police in Philadelphia griped about the congested streets, clogged with motorists and pedestrians, calling it “Black Friday.” In a non-retail sense, it also describes a financial crisis of 1869: a stock market catastrophe set off by gold spectators who tried and failed to corner the gold market, causing the market to collapse and stocks to plummet.”

Now you know, so go out and shop….