Christmas shopping in America usually begins after Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving Day is the fourth Thursday of June 165438+ 10 every year, so its second day is also the first day for Americans to shop.

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There are many theories about the origin of "Black Friday". One of them is that on the Friday after Thanksgiving, a group of people in the dark lined up at the mall to shop.

A more general view is that since this day is the first day after Thanksgiving, followed by the traditional and grand Christmas in the United States, people usually start Christmas shopping, and many shops will be crowded with customers, thus making a lot of money.

Traditionally, different colors of ink are used for bookkeeping, with red indicating loss or deficit and black indicating profit. Therefore, this Friday is called Black Friday to show that this day is expected to be profitable.

Because store discounts usually start at midnight after Thanksgiving, and the day after Thanksgiving, people who want to buy bargains have to queue up at the mall in the dark to buy bargains, which can also be regarded as the origin of "Black Friday". This kind of behavior has a very vivid saying, called the early bird.