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The document discusses the origins and history of Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving that kicks off the holiday shopping season. It began as a term used by Philadelphia police in the 1950s to describe the heavy traffic and crowded streets. Stores offer significant deals and discounts to attract shoppers, hoping they will also buy other items, though there are not enough deals for all shoppers. While most events are safe, some have turned violent due to large crowds and competition for limited deals. Black Friday has become a major shopping day both in the US and internationally.

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The document discusses the origins and history of Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving that kicks off the holiday shopping season. It began as a term used by Philadelphia police in the 1950s to describe the heavy traffic and crowded streets. Stores offer significant deals and discounts to attract shoppers, hoping they will also buy other items, though there are not enough deals for all shoppers. While most events are safe, some have turned violent due to large crowds and competition for limited deals. Black Friday has become a major shopping day both in the US and internationally.

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The day after Thanksgiving is the start of

the holiday shopping season.

Thanksgiving is always on a Thursday, so

the day after is a Friday. This day has

come to be known as Black Friday. It has  

been the busiest shopping day of the year  

since 2005.  

 
So where does the name "Black Friday"
  come from? It was first used in
Most stores offer great deals on Black Philadelphia in the 1950s. The police
Friday. They open their doors in the wee called this day Black Friday because of the
hours of the morning. They try to attract heavy traffic it drew. In the 1960s, stores
shoppers with big discounts. Some items tried to rename the day "Big Friday." It did
like TVs are much cheaper than usual. not stick. The name "Black Friday"
Stores may even lose money on these continued to spread across the country. It
items. They hope that shoppers will buy seems that it is here to stay.
gifts for other people while they are in the  
store. Now people all over the country take part
  in the event known as Black Friday. It is
Black Friday is a great time to get good even spreading to other parts of the world.
deals. The problem is that there are not Stores have held Black Friday events in the
enough low-priced items to go around. U.K., Australia, and Brazil since 2012. In
Each store may only have a few. These Costa Rica Black Friday is known as
items are in high demand. People stand in "Viernes Negro." And in Mexico, stores
long lines to get such great deals. They offer an annual weekend of discounts.
may line up hours before a store opens. They call it "El Buen Fin," which means
They may be hoping to get a low price on "the good weekend" in Spanish. I guess the
a TV or laptop, but not everyone who language of savings is universal.
wants one will get one. Some people
leave disappointed.
 
The situation can be tense. Some Black
Friday events have been violent. Large,
eager crowds have trampled workers.
Fights have broken out over toys or
people cutting in line. People have shot
one another over parking spots. But most
Black Friday events are safe and fun.
Still, if you plan on going, expect large
crowds and a bit of shoving.

As ‘Black Friday’ became more popular in


the early eighties, one “explanation” for the
event became that this day represented the
point in the year when retailers begin to
make a profit, going from being "in the red"
(meaning to be in debt) to "in the black"
(meaning to be free of debt).
Black Friday is not an official holiday in the
United States, but in some states government
employees are given the day off. Schools and
non-retail employees are normally given
Thanksgiving Thursday and Black Friday as
public holidays.
Most major retailers offer promotional sales
with big discounts, and it has been the
busiest shopping day every year since 2005.
In 2014, sales revenues for Black Friday
reached a whopping $11.6 billion, falling
slightly to $10.4 in 2015. In 2013, overall
spending from Thanksgiving Thursday up to
Cyber Monday topped $56 billion!

Activities to develop:

1. Look for verbs in present simple tense.


2. Write main idea in each paragraph.

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