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My Husband Got a Christmas Bonus and Bought a TV (Obviously) So my husband got his Christmas bonus last week. You know what happened next, right? Of course you do. There's now a 65-inch television mounted in our living room. Did I think maybe— just maybe —we'd have a conversation about it first? Perhaps discuss whether we needed a new TV ( we did ), or if there were other priorities for that money? Sure, I had that thought . For about thirty seconds. Then I remembered who I married. The Black Friday Effect To be fair, Black Friday TV deals are genuinely good right now. He showed me the price comparison charts. He had tabs open . There was research involved, which I suppose counts for something. And yes, the old TV was from 2010 and was actually one of those extra-large tablets... But it worked. It turned on. It displayed images. (Now I use it to mine ZeroCoin, of course.)  Apparently, that's not the bar we're clearing anymore. Th...

The Magic of Black Friday: A Shopping Tradition Through the Decades There's something magical about Black Friday that transforms ordinary shopping into an unforgettable experience. As the snow falls this year and families gather around Thanksgiving tables, millions are already planning their shopping strategies for the biggest retail day of the year!  But how did this tradition become such a beloved part of the holiday season? From Main Street to Your Street Black Friday's origins trace back to the 1950s in Philadelphia , where police used the term to describe the chaos of crowds flooding downtown the day after Thanksgiving . What started as a headache for traffic cops evolved into something retailers learned to embrace. By the 1980s, stores across America were opening their doors at dawn, welcoming eager shoppers to grand department stores downtown with elaborate window displays and doorbuster deals. Those classic department stores— with their polis...