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TEN THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT BLACK FRIDAY:

Black Friday is the biggest shopping day of the year in the biggest economy in the world.


1. "Black Friday" used to refer to stock market crashes in the 1800s.

in the US, the first time the term was used was when two speculators tried to corner the gold market on the New York Stock Exchange.
When the government stepped in to correct the distortion prices plummeted and many investors lost sizable fortunes.

2. "Santa Claus parades" were Black Friday's predecessor.

For many Americans, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade has become part of the holiday ritual.

3. The date of Thanksgiving was, indirectly, determined by holiday shoppers.

4. 'Friday-after-Thanksgiving'

5. Big Friday?

The city that first popularised the term was Philadelphia.

6. "Black Friday" didn't become a national term until the 1990s.

7. Some say Black Friday refers to "going into the black".

8. Black Friday became the biggest shopping day of the year in 2001.

9. Black Friday has become an international affair.

10. Black Friday is becoming extinct.

Thanksgiving: acció de gràcies.

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