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TMI 11/24/2023 – The Actual Origin of “Black Friday” and How it Has Nothing to Do with Profit, More

The retail establishment has long enjoyed spreading the myth that until the day after Thanksgiving each year, they are “in the red”, or that they haven’t made any total profit for the year until that very day. According to this, it is called “Black Friday” as that is when they are finally “in the black” financially, but that is far from the actual origin of the term. We go over how a certain football game’s annual happening gave rise to it, and much more on this relaxed edition of TMI for “Black Friday”, November 24, 2023 – listen in for YOUR Cure for the Common Media!

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Black Friday Episode WSUM

TMI 11/26/2021 – The Actual Origin of “Black Friday” and How it Has Nothing to Do with Profit, More

The retail establishment has long enjoyed spreading the myth that until the day after Thanksgiving each year, they are “in the red”, or that they haven’t made any total profit for the year until that very day. According to this, it is called “Black Friday” as that is when they are finally “in the black” financially, but that is far from the actual origin of the term. We go over how a certain football game’s annual happening gave rise to it, and much more on this relaxed edition of TMI for “Black Friday”, November 26, 2021 – listen in for YOUR Cure for the Common Media!