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      Because it exists entirely because of Christmas. Christmas consumerism MADE Black Friday. Without Christmas, there is no Black Friday. It exists solely to feed the consumerism of Christmas… One could say, If Christmas was America, Black Friday is Israel.

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          No they wouldn’t lol. Black Friday “deals” and “sales” literally came about as Christmas sales and deals. They just eventually gave it a name because all the stores started doing their Christmas sales on the same day. No other holiday has such rampant consumerism that sales for that holiday creates its own mini holiday. Hell there’s even “Cyber Monday” now for online sales after Black Friday in store sales. Both exist specifically for Christmas sales.

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        11 days ago

        i thought black friday was a yankee thanksgiving thing? it’s a very recent import to my country and we’ve had christmas forever

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          It’s supposed to be the day that retailers are pushed over the financial red line back into black ink, but I don’t think anyone is believing buying that for a few decades, now.