Black Friday November 27th.

[LeMaquis]

'Black Friday' falls into the same category as Hallowe'en: an unnecessary introduction from the USA- we can do without either, thanks.

 

Halloween is not an "introduction from the USA";

 

"The word Halloween or Hallowe'en dates to about 1745 and is of Christian origin. The word "Halloween" means "hallowed evening" or "holy evening". It comes from a Scottish term for All Hallows' Eve (the evening before All Hallows' Day). In Scots, the word "eve" is even, and this is contracted to e'en or een. Over time, (All) Hallow(s) E(v)en evolved into Halloween. Although the phrase "All Hallows'" is found in Old English (ealra hālgena mæssedæg, all saints mass-day), "All Hallows' Eve" is itself not seen until 1556."

 

"In Britain and Ireland, the tradition of going house-to-house collecting food at Halloween goes back at least as far as the 16th century, as had the tradition of people wearing costumes at Halloween."

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween

[truman]

Halloween is not an "introduction from the USA";

 

"The word Halloween or Hallowe'en dates to about 1745 and is of Christian origin. The word "Halloween" means "hallowed evening" or "holy evening". It comes from a Scottish term for All Hallows' Eve (the evening before All Hallows' Day). In Scots, the word "eve" is even, and this is contracted to e'en or een. Over time, (All) Hallow(s) E(v)en evolved into Halloween. Although the phrase "All Hallows'" is found in Old English (ealra hālgena mæssedæg, all saints mass-day), "All Hallows' Eve" is itself not seen until 1556."

 

"In Britain and Ireland, the tradition of going house-to-house collecting food at Halloween goes back at least as far as the 16th century, as had the tradition of people wearing costumes at Halloween."

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween

 

The large scale "celebrations" we have for Halloween these days are definitely an American import...

[davyboy]

As one brought up in the 1940s and 50s Halloween was never celebrated until at least the 8os.

It was introduced to get mugs to spend money on rubbish at the same time as Christmas goods arrived in the stores.

BAH HUMBUG

[*_ash_*]

I remember the scenes of scrapping on TV last year....Then the people who thought they grabbed themselves a bargain tried to sell their rubbish on Ebay - only for no one else to be interested

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/11266978/Black-Friday-shoppers-struggle-to-sell-TVs-on-eBay.html

Ha ha.

 

Others bargain hunters were seen brawling over the 50 inch Blaupunkt HD TV in Tesco stores, where they were reduced by £100 from £399 to £249.

 

 

Have I not drank enough coffee yet today?

[geared]

Probably missed out the word "over"

 

Although they were being quite precise so I don't know why they didn't put the full figure in???

[Jeffrey Shaw]

The large scale "celebrations" we have for Halloween these days are definitely an American import...

Yes- what I meant.

Let's look at celebrating it when the USA celebrates Guy Fawkes Night.

[Mister M]

I see Asda has pulled out of this year's Black Friday, blaming 'shopper fatigue'.

 

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/asda-pulls-out-of-black-friday-over-shopper-fatigue/ar-CCbyKi?li=AAaeUIW&ocid=iehp

 

I don't earn a great deal, but I'd never ever resort to scratting & scrapping over some crappy TV. It's shocking the depths that a few people have plummeted

 

Like scene out of 'Day of the Dead'

[geared]

Yea shopper fatigue my bum, the scenes on the news last year were a disgrace and alot of it centred around Asda.

 

The deals weren't anything special either, but some filthbags still went overboard.

[Bottletop]

So today is the day, dust off and polish up your baseball bats, electric shock sticks and put bricks in your handbags.... Who's going shopping!?

 

I was thinking of going to Meadowhall tonight after work and planned this before realising it was Black Friday today. Think I might avoid now unless it is quieter than expected.

Anyone been camping there overnight last night who can tell me what the queues are like at the moment?

[wysiwyg]

So today is the day, dust off and polish up your baseball bats, electric shock sticks and put bricks in your handbags.... Who's going shopping!?

 

I was thinking of going to Meadowhall tonight after work and planned this before realising it was Black Friday today. Think I might avoid now unless it is quieter than expected.

Anyone been camping there overnight last night who can tell me what the queues are like at the moment?

 

I popped in about an hour ago. No queues. It was pretty empty.