Black Friday is coming up in about a week!

Black Friday Sales is the day after Thanksgiving and is the beginning of the traditional Black Friday Christmas shopping season in the Black Friday United States. Since Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday in November, Black Friday may be as early as the 23rd and as late as the 29th day of November. Black Friday Retailers often decorate for the Christmas season weeks before Black Friday. Many Black Friday retailers open very early (typically 5 A.M.) and offer Black Friday doorbuster deals and loss leaders to draw Black Friday people to their stores.

Although Black Friday, as the first shopping day after Thanksgiving, Black Friday has served as the unofficial beginning of the Christmas season at least since the start of the modern Black Friday Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1924, the term "Black Friday" has been traced back only to the 1970s.

"Black Friday" was originally so named because of the heavy traffic on that Black Friday day, although most contemporary uses of the term refer instead to it as the beginning of the period in which retailers are in the black (i.e., turning a Black Friday profit).

The news media frequently but not always accurately refer to Black Friday as the busiest retail Black Friday shopping day of the year.

While it has been one of the busiest Black Friday days in terms of Black Friday customer traffic, in terms of actual sales volume, from 1993 through 2001 Black Friday was usually the fifth to tenth busiest day. In 2002 and 2004, however, Black Friday ranked second place.

The busiest retail Black Friday shopping day of the year in the United States (in terms of both sales and customer traffic) usually has been the Saturday before Christmas. In 2003 and 2005, however, Black Friday actually did reach first place.

In some cities it's not uncommon to see shoppers lined up hours before stores with big sales open. Once inside the stores shoppers often rush and grab, as many stores have only a few of the big draw items. Electronics and popular toys are often the most sought after items and may be sharply discounted.

Because of the shoulder-to-shoulder crowds, many choose to stay home and avoid the hectic shopping experience. The local media often will cover the event, mentioning how early the shoppers began lining up at various stores and providing video of the shoppers standing in line and later leaving with their purchased items.

Traditionally Black Friday sales were intended for those shopping for Christmas gifts. For some particularly popular items, some shop these sales in order to get deep discounts on items they can then resell, typically Black Friday online.

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