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Why It Is Called Black Friday
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Black Friday was not named by shops. It was named by exhausted police officers.
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In 1950s and 1960s Philadelphia, the day after Thanksgiving brought huge crowds into the city.
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Shoppers and football fans filled the streets, and traffic stood still.
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Officers had to work long shifts, and they started calling it Black Friday.
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Shops disliked the name. Later came a friendlier story, about the day businesses went from red into the black.
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That version stuck. But it started with a traffic jam.
