Anyone shopping on Black Friday

[memarcie]

Here you can see some of the ads ahead of time at least in the US.

Black Friday Ads - The Official Black Friday 2007 Website

[beatle]

Anyone shopping on Black Friday

what is Black Friday?

[memarcie]

Anyone shopping on Black Friday

The Friday after Thanksgiving

[beatle]

Anyone shopping on Black Friday

Why is it black?

[memarcie]

Anyone shopping on Black Friday

Supposedly because it is one of the biggest shopping days of the year it sends retail stores out of the red and into the black as far as profits go. I guess that is just a US expression

[beatle]

Anyone shopping on Black Friday

Oh, thanks. sorry to be so daft. We don't have thanksgiving here, though we know what it is. Just the same, the month before christmas is what all the shops rely on to get them through the year. So, for them, christmas really is holy. ha ha.

[MyOwnWoman]

Anyone shopping on Black Friday

Black Friday (shopping - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

There's also an anti-consumerism group that advocates "No Shopping Day" the day after Thanksgiving. IN the states it's the 23, internationally it's the 24th.

[trixietrack]

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I was gonna ask what black friday was. I live in the US but really don't like shopping at all.
I thought of black thursday which is the day the stock market crashed in 1929 (usa).
mmm why black? should be green for $$$
oh well
Trix

[memarcie]

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I'm not a shopper at all. I went out a couple times in the past the day after Thanksgiving. I hated it!

[MyOwnWoman]

Anyone shopping on Black Friday

What Would Jesus Buy? - New Movie Preaches the Gospel of "Stop Shopping"
The Gospel of Stop Shopping
By Laura Kern
The New York Times, Nov 16, 2007
Straight to the Source


For some of the parents interviewed in Rob VanAlkemade's fast and funny documentary "What Would Jesus Buy?" the answer to the question posed by the title is simple: whatever gadget of the moment their spoiled-rotten kids are craving.

According to the film's subject, Reverend Billy, the charismatic bleached-blond performance artist and mock evangelist whose real name is Bill Talen, this is part of a larger problem. His get-up may be for show, but his activism is the real deal, and his mission is to fight what he calls the "shopocalypse," the buying frenzy Americans indulge in every holiday season.

The film takes us on a 2005 cross-country tour with Reverend Billy; Savitri D, his wife and organizer of his Church of Stop Shopping; and the church's gospel choir. Along the way they deliver their message - that peace and love, not spending, are the true backbone of holiday spirit - through witty speeches and songs to unsuspecting patrons at assorted problem spots like Wal-Mart, the Mall of America and Disneyland.

Reverend Billy is zany and energetic enough to hold the attention of those he's preaching to - average to extreme shoppers, many clueless as to what globalization means - long enough for them to consider his crusade. At the very least, the film might make a viewer think twice about that next purchase at the Gap.

[lushy]

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I would rather have my hair pulled out one by one than go shopping the day after Thanksgiving. No way in hell. The sales are not all that great (even though they try to tell you they are), and why on earth would anyone stand in line at 5am to save 50.00 on a computer only to get trampled as the store doors open?

[Prest4time]

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LOL Lushy!

I have to say, I am one of the freaks. I dont get up at 5 a.m., but I'm out there by noon. My husband and I think its fun. The rest of the time, I HATE shopping. Its more of an event... we have a blast laughing at all the women in bad moods, bratty kids being drug around, etc. I dont know. It satisfies something after being cooped up the entire day before with relatives eating hoards of food and watching Christmas movies. Its like, I have to go see that the stores really ARE open again...LOL. I dont know. We are taking the kids... my son and his girlfriend are home from college and we all have our cell phones and will be splitting up and shopping for each other. Its fun. We have an outdoor mall with a huge courtyard in the center with a huge Christmas tree, Starbucks, all the restaurants looking out to it. Its kinda fun. Alec and I get coffee's and count how many times the kids go by and what bags they have on their arms, try to guess what they bought and for who...

Okay, I'm getting excited. What was your question Marcie? :H

[happycamper68]

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I would rather have my fingernails pulled out of my hands. Jack Bauer from 24 couldn't talk me into shopping on Friday.

Allie you are sicker than I am! :h

[Prest4time]

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I think Lushy and Patty need to come with me.....

[Prest4time]

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Camper,
Roger will be signing autographs at Dick's Sporting Goods that day.... sure you dont want to come?