Not Your Typical Black Friday Newsletter

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Just like us, Black Friday has roots in Philadlphia. Also like us, Black Friday has changed over the years.

Black Friday apparently became a thing in the 1950s. That’s when Philly police had to control shopping crowds that got rowdy the day after Thanksgiving. Back then, the phrase had a negative connotation. (Many, including us, assume that the term wa…