Black Friday - 4th Friday of November

23 November 2012 is Black Friday

After Thanksgiving day, the US people rush to shopping as it is a public holiday in many states and shopping for the holiday season starts on this day. The shop keepers make lot of profits, and the profitable Friday of shopkeepers is called Black Friday as profits are recorded in Black by the shopkeepers.

Holiday Sales in USA 2012 Forecast by Prof Anthony Liuzzo
http://www.wilkes.edu/PDFFiles/HolidayRetailSalesForecast2012.pdf

Black Friday 2011 News

23% y-o-y growth in online sales

http://news.cnet.com/e-shoppers-go-mobile-on-thanksgiving-black-friday/8301-13846_3-57331527-62.html

Black Friday Sales 2011 were estimated to be $11.4 billion. Last year $10.7 billiom

Thanksgiving Day USA 4th Thursday - November

22 November 2012 is Thanksgiving Day
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Story of Thanksgiving Day
With pictures




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Story of Thanksgiving Day
Reading of the story



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Proclamation of George Washington
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/nov25.html

Cyber Monday - 5th Monday of November

26 November 2012 is Cyber Monday

Cyber Monday is Monday after the Thanksgiving day or the 5th Monday. It is now the top online shopping day of the year. One billion dollar sales occurred in 2010.



For CyberMonday You get lots of offers from Online Shopping sites
Shop.org http://www.shop.org/home  created the day. It started a website cybermonday.com

http://www.amazon.com/Cyber-Monday/b?ie=UTF8&node=5550342011

http://www.cybermonday2012.com/

http://www.cybermonday.com/Department-Stores/bc_30___.htm

http://www.walmart.com/cp/cyber-monday/546840

Forrester estimates that Holiday online sales will top $68 billion this year.

China creates history in Online retailing.

China's Alibaba alone got $3.1 billion (RMB 19.1 billion) online sales on 11 November 2012.
Last year 2011, the comparable figure was only $833 million.
http://thenextweb.com/asia/2012/11/12/the-alibaba-backed-chinese-version-cyber-monday-just-brought-in-3-1b-in-e-commerce-sales/

2011 news



http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/26/cyber-monday/

Christmas 25 December

Christmas or Christmas Day is observed on December 25 to commemorate the birth of Jesus, the central figure of Christianity. However the exact birthday of Jesus is not known. Narratives of his birth are included in two of the Canonical gospels in the New Testament of the Bible.

Christmas is celebrated as holiday period, and in Christianity it marks the beginning of the larger season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days.
Popular modern customs of the holiday include gift-giving, music, an exchange of Christmas cards, church celebrations and songs, a special meal, and the display of various decorations in houses and churches; including Christmas trees, lights, garlands, mistletoe, scenes of birth of Christ, and holly. Several figures, known as Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas, and Santa Claus, and other are assumed to be bringing gifts to children during the Christmas season. Santa Claus is a popular figure, and several persons dressed as Santa Claus distribute chocolates and gifts to children.

Gift-giving, decorations and other festival activities of the Christmas festival involve heightened retail buying by Christians and the holiday is a key sales period for retailers and businesses. The economic impact of Christmas has grown steadily over the past few centuries in many regions of the world where Christians live in large numbers and also in countries which export to Consuming countries.

More information
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03724b.htm

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O1siM3Nm-k

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFYJDUt8hhE

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