Black Friday is the day following Thanksgiving Day in the United States (the fourth Thursday of November). Since 1932, it has been regarded as the beginning of the Christmas shopping season
in the U.S., and most major retailers open very early (and more
recently during overnight hours) and offer promotional sales. Black
Friday is not an official holiday, but California and some other states
observe "The Day After Thanksgiving" as a holiday for state government
employees, sometimes in lieu of another federal holiday such as Columbus Day.[2]
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