Can I ask..
Thanks giving Holiday in the USA was on Thursday 22nd...
But there is a lot of mentioned about Black Friday shopping day.
Does the USA have just one days Holiday or two...?
ie the 22nd and 23rd Nov.... OR Just the 22nd ?
Astro, Thanksgiving day is always the third thursday in November; black friday is the name given to the day that all the merchants have ridiculous sales to start the christmas blitz, always the day after turkey day...
seeker
Hi Seeker,
Thank you for your answer to my query.
I can see now that Black Friday is classed as the day after thanks giving...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_%28shopping%29
But I am curious if the US workforce also get a day off on both days or just the Thanks giving..
Many holidays are often either Fridays or Mondays to offer a long weekend..
I know that the USA Stock exchanges finish at around midday 1 pm EST time..
So I just wondered if workforce gets a full day off also today or maybe they finish early for the weekend...
Its just out of curiosity !
Thank you
Astro
looking at the link I added and reading more carefully it does seem that many get both days off....if your not in retail that is ! :P
Black Friday is the day following Thanksgiving Day in the United States, traditionally the beginning of the Christmas shopping season. On this day, most major retailers open extremely early and offer promotional sales to kick off the holiday shopping season, similar to Boxing Day sales in many Commonwealth Nations. Black Friday is not an official holiday, but many non-retail employers also observe this day as a holiday along with Thanksgiving, giving their employees the day off, thereby increasing the number of potential shoppers
astro
check out the headlines for the huff post today
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
to get a look at the madness
Looks as bad as New Year sales Sky ! :o
Its not just the start of Xmas shopping....its sales as well..
I Thought at one time, sales were supposed to start after Christmas NOT before !
Looks like they let the bulls out in a China Shops ! :)
Too busy for me !
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Quote from: sky otter on November 23, 2012, 04:10:19 PM
astro
check out the headlines for the huff post today
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
to get a look at the madness
Too busy for me !
yeah me too, Astro
i can't believe some of the news coverage..
maybe being a psychopath is contagious
and the shoppers have all been infected
i stay home... ::)