Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, is the biggest shopping day of the year in the United States.  On that day profits are higher for the retailers than any other day in the year.  (The word ‘black’ is an accounting term which means profits instead of loss—sales being in the ‘black’ versus being in the ‘red’.)
 
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This time I am not confused by the shopping terminology designated for today, Cyber Monday (the Monday after Black Friday which was the day after Thanksgiving)!  I saw the term in the newspaper this morning and read the first few lines so I understood what it meant.  These retailers are getting very creative with their marketing.
So, today [...]

It’s a good feeling when we can laugh at ourselves and this morning I had the pleasure of doing just that!  I’ll back up and tell you why—I’m still smiling too!
As I took a quick glance at the list of emails that had come in this morning, I saw some with Black Friday in the [...]

Thanksgiving Day in the U.S. was always the official beginning of the Christmas holiday season highlighted by the arrival of Santa Claus at the Thanksgiving Day parade.  Things have really changed in the past few years though.  Now, once Halloween is over, we begin to see Christmas decorations in the stores and Santa Claus is [...]