When is Black Friday?
The term 'black friday' is a recent invention, only in common use for the last 20 years or so. It may come from the idea that until that date, all a firms earnings are tied up in wages and taxes, but everything thereafter is profit. Alternative derivations are from the Philadelphia police department who used to plan for exceptionally heavy pedestrian and vehicle traffic on that particular shopping day. Black Friday is now also being incorporated as a holiday for many workers, adding to the excitement of the day. Black Friday is an 'emerging festival' and it will be interesting to see how it evolves during our lifetimes.