What is Black Friday and what is its history?

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Black Friday is a colloquial term for the Friday after Thanksgiving in the United States. 

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It traditionally marks the beginning of the Christmas shopping season in the United States. 

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Many stores offer highly advertised sales at discount prices and often open early, sometimes until midnight or even on Thanksgiving. 

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Some stores have sales until Monday ("Cyber ​​Monday") or for a week ("Cyber​​​​Week"). 

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The fourth Friday in November, unless November 1 is a Friday, Black Friday has traditionally been the busiest shopping day of the year in the United States since 2005.  

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The days after Thanksgiving marked the beginning of Christmas shopping in the United States  since 1952 

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This practice can be linked to the idea of ​​Santa Claus parades. 

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Parades celebrating Thanksgiving often include the appearance of Santa Claus at the end of the parade with the idea  "Santa Claus has arrived" or "Santa Claus is here" because Christmas is always the next important Christian holiday after Thanksgiving.

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