Black Friday in the Motor City

The buzz of anticipation can be heard in almost every conversation, and not just in Detroit-I'm sure other cities are having their fair share of anticipation for a day the stores open their doors to the hugest sale ever known-and commonly called "Black Friday".

Before I go into direct sales events, I wish to give a bit more information on the term "Black Friday". Black Friday is generally the day after Thanksgiving and is set aside as the day to start your Christmas shopping; and of course this is when you see commercials of every store in your area/town/community/city and/or state, and the sales they have. The origin of Black Friday comes from earlier times, when all accounting was done by hand, and red ink meant a loss and black ink represented a profit; Needless to say that during those times, merchants often called these losses as being 'in the red' (because of the low profits marked in red ink), and as the day after Thanksgiving proved profitable, their totals were marked in black...Thus, giving us "Black Friday". Great isn't it?