How Black Friday Got to Be Such a Downer
Grateful folk to crazed discount hunters in 24 hours? Blame the perversion of Christmas.
By Gracy Olmstead • November 24, 2017
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If Thanksgiving is America’s celebration of virtue, centered as it is around gratitude and hospitality, Black Friday is its evil twin. Originally given its bleak name in the 1950s by Philadelphia policemen dealing with post-holiday shoppers ahead of the big Army-Navy football game, the commercial extravaganza has always been characterized by chaos, greed, and confusion.
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