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Appolinaria  Black Friday, literally. No seeing the solar eclipse from here, though. Shucks.

Nov 25, 2011

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Klaynos  Dec 10, 2011
One of the suggestions was that it was when small retailers went into the black from being unprofitable for the rest of the year... Seems unlikely to me.
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Appolinaria  Dec 10, 2011
Hm.
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hypervalent_iodine  Dec 12, 2011
It's in reference to the actual concept of Black Friday, which is Friday 13th or essentially any Friday 'darkened by catastrophe'. Not being a fan of large shopping crowds, I would say that the post-Thanksgiving sales pretty much fits that description.