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Day After Thanksgiving: Black Friday
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ANSI.org November 30, 2007On the day after Thanksgiving, many shoppers work off extra calories by visiting local retailers in search of holiday bargains. But not everyone has the energy or patience to fight the madding crowd on Black Friday, traditionally one of the year’s busiest retail shopping days. For consumers who would rather browse the internet for this year’s hottest items, the first Monday after Thanksgiving marks the official start to the online holiday shopping season. With many online retailers offering special bargains and promotions, Cyber Monday is a busy day for web transactions. The entire e-commerce infrastructure depends upon standards that ensure the security and privacy of confidential data such as credit card numbers, addresses, and other financial information. ...Full Story
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Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving in the United States, where it is the beginning of the traditional Christmas shopping season. Since Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday in November in the United States, Black Friday may be as early as the 23rd and as late as the 29th of November. Black Friday is not an official holiday, but many employers give the day off, increasing the number of potential shoppers. Retailers often decorate for the Christmas season weeks beforehand. Many retailers open very early (typically 5 am or even earlier) and offer doorbuster deals and loss leaders to draw people to their stores. Although Black Friday, as the first shopping day after Thanksgiving, has served as the unofficial beginning of the Christmas season at least since the start of the modern Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1924, the term "Black Friday" has been traced back only to the 1970s.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Traditionally, the day after Thanksgiving has marked the beginning of the holiday shopping season. This year, the season starts a week early at KFC, with the arrival of Giga Pets -- on Friday, November 21 -- one full week before the holiday rush.
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Every year on the day after Thanksgiving, retailers from around the country mark down their prices and start to get ready for the Christmas shopping season to now begin. This special day is referred to as Black Friday, and the ads leading up to the deals are not seen until right before Thanksgiving.
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The Native American Heritage Day bill encourages Americans of all backgrounds to observe the Friday after Thanksgiving as Native American Heritage Day, through appropriate ceremonies and activities. It ... encourages public elementary and secondary schools to enhance student understanding of American Indians by providing classroom instruction focusing on their history, achievements and contributions.”
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The day after Thanksgiving doesn't have a name, other than "Friday." But millions of Americans take off work the day after Turkey Day to go shopping or to use as part of their out-of-town trip.
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