Two Black Friday tidbits as that wild celebration of American consumerism approaches…
- Black Friday is clearly an American tradition. However, it may surprise you that Black Friday seems to be adopting the hallmark of more traditional holidays: baubles that you pull out of the attic over and over. According to Chron, around 11 percent of all Black Thursday and Black Friday deals that you’ll be seeing this year were re-used from last year. How does that warm glow of nostalgia feel?
- Although Thanksgiving is a national holiday unique to the United States, Black Friday–even though it originally stems from being the day right after thanksgiving–is starting to crop up in other corners of the world. According to Fortune, Black Friday promotions are becoming common in the United Kingdom. One might conclude that perhaps our tradition of consumeristic anarchy has some sort of universal appeal, at least to the corporations putting on the promotions…
Happy Thanksgiving (and Black Friday, too), everyone!