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[jefferino]

I stole this from wikipedia:
Origin of the name "Black Friday"

Stress from large crowds
The earliest uses of "Black Friday" refer to the heavy traffic on that day, an implicit comparison to the extremely stressful and chaotic experience of Black Tuesday (the 1929 stock-market crash) or other black days. The earliest known references to "Black Friday" (in this sense) are from two newspaper articles from November 29, 1975, that explicitly refer to the day's hectic nature and heavy traffic. The first reference is in an article entitled "Army vs. Navy: A Dimming Splendor," in The New York Times.

[derrick]

Friday the 13th is just a bad luck day.

I think it stems from it being the beginning of the year when stores start making a profit, or in the black versus in the red.

[Elder_MMHS]

btw, why is it black friday?
I thought it has to be 13th and on a friday to be black friday

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_friday