MMC Black Friday 2012: The Year it Changed

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By Jeff Westover

It wasn't your Daddy's Black Friday. The 2012 Christmas season kicked off with wild Black Friday events from coast-to-coast that featured a bit of everything. Black Friday may never be the same again.

Mark 2012 as the year when Black Friday actually didn't begin on the Friday after Thanksgiving. Thanks to a sluggish recessionary economy and ever-increasing pressure from online retailers the doors to America's stores opened on Thanksgiving night. The news was met with... [Read More]

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[kizzy]

I find Black Friday a very curious thing, as we do not have thanksgiving here in the UK we do not have the same kick start into the festive shopping season. Black Friday here is what the locals call the last Friday before Christmas, it is more about the evening than the day. It is the most popular day for work christmas parties and our town is full to bursting with more party goers than it will see all the year put together, it is a great atmosphere and good fun but mixing alot of people with alot of alcohol can mean there are a few people who end up in a pickle!.