Hello Paper Dolls!
Black Friday, we all know the horror stories. However it can be a great time to go out shopping because the things you want become more affordable! Media reports from 1966 reveal that police officers in Philadelphia first referred to the day after Thanksgiving as “Black Friday” because of the increased traffic jams and large amounts of pedestrian traffic in the city’s shopping district. Here's a little background on the biggest shopping day...
It became an unwritten rule that Christmas advertising didn't start until after the parades. For decades, retailers adhered to the rule, waiting until the day after Thanksgiving to advertise holiday deals.
Abraham Lincoln made Thanksgiving an official national holiday during the Civil War, establishing it as the final Thursday in November – a designation that lasted for 70 years. But in 1939, for the second time in six years, the last Thursday in November fell on the 30th. Distraught over a shorter Christmas shopping season, retailers approached President Franklin D. Roosevelt and asked him to change the date.
Though retailers wanted a holiday shopping season that lasted longer than 24 days before Christmas, none wanted to break the tradition of waiting until after Thanksgiving to advertise their reduced holiday prices. FDR, trying to end the country’s depression by stimulating spending, agreed to the idea and changed the date of the holiday. On December 26, 1941, Congress passed a law setting the fourth Thursday in November as the official date of the Thanksgiving holiday.
Today, many people continue to regard the day after Thanksgiving as the official start of the holiday shopping season.
Paper Doll Vintage will have it's own Black Friday Sale so if there is anything at the shop you've been eyeing, come down and get it!!!
See you at the Boutique,
Dawn Paperdoll
