why-black-friday

Which of the following explanations for the term "Black Friday" is your favorite?

• The origin was unrelated to shopping; schoolchildren used to refer to Friday exam days in November as "Black Fridays" and storekeepers decided they liked the name.~
• The name came about after two major financial panics in 1866 and 1869; shopkeepers began offering sales on the day after Thanksgiving to encourage commerce.~
• Factory owners called the day after Thanksgiving "Black Friday" becuase a higher than normal percentage of workers would call in sick, leaving factories short-staffed.~
• Police, taxi drivers, and retail workers in Philadelphia in the 1960s called the day after Thanksgiving "Black" because of how busy their jobs became dealing with traffic and crowds.~
• Shopkeepers in the 1960s called the day "Black Friday" because it was the day their ledgers would go from red (losses) to black (profits).~
• The hit song "Friday" by Rebecca "Black" inspired the name "Black Friday".~