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The day following the US holiday of Thanksgiving, which is recognised as the start of the Christmas shopping season and on which merchants offer numerous special deals. The best day to find excellent discounts on almost any merchandise is Black Friday, both online and in physical places.  Mattresses, laptops, TVs, clothes, kitchenware, and other items are marked down to record-low prices, frequently with extremely limited supply. Deals frequently last all the way through Cyber Monday and beyond . Have you ever wondered, though, how the moniker for the holiday shopping bonanza came about? There is a common misconception that stores would transition from operating at a loss or being "in the red" to making a profit or being "in the black" on the day after Thanksgiving, hence the name "Black Friday." Though technically correct, the term's origins are a little bit shadier. Why is Black Friday called that? When two investors, Jay Gould and Jim Fisk, inflated