93 Days Until Black Friday
As a kid, I enjoyed going to the mall after Thanksgiving and seeing all the Christmas decorations. When I was twenty, I worked at a mall and was a little unsettled that the lights seemed to go up earlier and earlier. One mall put them up the day after Halloween!
I remember the infamous Black Friday of 1995. I was innocently working at an upscale shop when I noticed my very pregnant customer holding her back and making a face. I asked her what was wrong, and she replied:
“I’m in labor. That’s okay though. This is my third. I have twelve hours to wait so I might as well shop!” She called to her two unruly children, “If you be good, we’ll go get an ice cream!” between contractions.
Of course, as you can imagine I had mixed feelings of panic, wondering if she would have her baby somewhere in the window display of our store, and half sort of in awe of her perseverance
It’s only August, but some folks are already thinking about Christmas shopping. Yes, it is completely true. Blackfriday always is more associated as an unofficial holiday for women, but plenty of men are guilty of being sucked in to the mayhem. Normally, many men would go out a few days before and wrap their presents in brown paper bags, but when “feats of strength” are even hinted at, retailers have men at “hello.”
First, there is the endurance test. Show up at 3:00 A.M. If you are among the first in line, you can buy a brand new television set for only a buck. What they don’t tell you is that there are only two, and the rest are priced at double. It requires a pre-opening wrestling match to determine who is the fittest.
You can navigate this all like an adventure hero with a little site called BlackFridayScans.com, and it has every “Day after Thanksgiving” circular before it even hits your newspaper. Of course, they are not up YET, but you can sign up for email alerts for the moment they are.
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