Carene Hortensia tells me that Black Friday got its name because traditionally figures turn black today. She gets annoyed when I cut her explanation short, since the kind of figures she was talking about don’t really interest me — well they do, but I pretend not to care too much for money. After seeing my feigned disinterest in her discourse on Black Friday’s status as the cornerstone of American retail, she insists that I just take some pictures already and whips out The Magdala.

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