The Long Black Friday

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This morning/afternoon.

Dublin city centre.

Black Friday is next Friday.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year.

Or is it?

Via Irish Times Letters:

Black Friday originated in the US as the day following Thanksgiving, which is always on the fourth Thursday in November. For US citizens it is one of the few times in the year when they can have four whole days off work. With the result, shopping malls are overcrowded and the traffic jams have to be seen to be believed. As a result, the shops have sales with hyped-up advertising leading to the actual day.

In Ireland, we don’t celebrate Thanksgiving; it is an American celebration, one which we observe from afar.

So how on earth can we have “Black Friday” sales here for most of November when we don’t have Thanksgiving or a four-day holiday? Is it just an opportunity for shops to off-load out-of-date stock?

Or are the shops covering their rear ends in case there is a Covid lockdown in December?

Tony Corcoran,

Rathfarnham.

Irish Times Letters

RollingNews

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4 thoughts on “The Long Black Friday

  1. Kim Cardassian

    Will Tony be also writing to the papers when other nations celebrate St. Patrick’s Day or Halloween? Holiday stealing spoon lickers.

  2. Liam Deliverance

    In short Tony, stores will use any old reason to try and sell you crap you don’t need. I’d guess Black Friday was dreamed up as a way for stores to create some space for new, more expensive stock to sell in the run up to Christmas. It’s all about the bottom line, that’s why we have 10 weeks of Christmas starting in October and also why Christmas can be a bit rubbish.

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