So why is Black Friday called Black Friday anyways? Well, Black Friday signifies the official start of the Christmas shopping season. It is the day after the American Thanksgiving, and to celebrate, stores hold massive sales. The term ‘Black’ describes the insanity of the day. Traffic jams, mobs of blood-thirsty shoppers and sometimes even violence all occur as a result of ‘Black Friday’.
In more recent years, an alternative to going out and physically partaking in the mad crawl of Black Friday has emerged; ONLINE SHOPPING!
While the savings from online shopping may not be as great as actually going out to stores, it is a pretty sexy alternative since it involves, literally, no physical activity (hallelujah!)—PLUS the deals are only going to increase as online shopping becomes more and more popular.
Surely, sometime in the future online shopping will replace traditional shopping. It may not be as ‘fulfilling’ for some people, but really who cares about fulfillment when you can save money and time by shopping online.
This also removes traffic jams and angry mobs from the picture.
…..wait, is an online mob possible?