Black Friday: the best time to go shopping!

Each year millions of Americans wake up early in the morning, bundle in their warmest winter clothes and rush into the cold. In front of various stores, they huddle together making a huge line and wait for the main event to start. This event is of course Black Friday!

Undeniably, for the majority of people Black Friday is the most long—awaited time of the year to do some serious shopping and buy Christmas presents.

Black Friday is one of the greatest and the busiest shopping day in the United States. Black Friday is the day following Thanksgiving Day in the United States and it traditionally indicates the beginning of the busy Christmas shopping season. On this day, most large retailers open doors to customers earlier offering the biggest promotional sales.

The term “Black Friday” was originated in Philadelphia in 1960s, where it was used to describe the heavy pedestrian and vehicle traffic which would occur on the day after Thanksgiving. However, more than 20 years later, there appeared another explanation of the phrase “Black Friday” according to which “black” refers to stores moving from the “red” to the “black”. In other words, “black” alludes to profitability, which is recorded in black ink and the losses are noted in red ink.

Due to its exclusive promotions, Black Friday has gained an unparalleled amount of interests from all parts of the world. Each year the number of people participating in this biggest shopping event increases significantly and nowadays, more and more customers choose to shop online rather than wait outside in the morning or fight with others for the last most-wanted item. The great variety of online retailers amongst which are the Walmart, Amazon, eBay, Alibaba and many others have completely changed the traditional way of shopping making it more comfortable.

Just a few hours left before the Black Friday! Try not to miss the greatest shopping event of the year.