It’s Black Friday. If you’re old enough you can remember this day as one of a mild shopping frenzy, early-birds putting up decorations and department store Santas appearing, plus some sales for those who chose to get out of the house, for whatever reason.
The younger might remember it as a time of absolute consumer madness. Fights, tramplings, even death, were common as shoppers battled to get a (theoretically) limited supply of bargains. In a move of incredible brutality to many store clerks, big box stores began opening at midnight on Thanksgiving, to further fuel a frenzy of acquisition.