I think this blog entry sums up "Black Friday" quite nicely.

A San Diegan sums up Black Friday. From Digg.com:

OMFG! SO WE GOT TO WORK AT 4AM AND THE LINE WAS 1 AND A HALF TIMES AROUND THE STORE I WOULD SAY THERE WERE A COUPLE OF THOUSAND PEOPLE. I COULDN'T BELIVE IT...I ASKED THE FIRST FIEW PEOPLE IN LINE THEY TOLD ME THEY HAD BEEN WAITING SINCE 5PM ON THANKSGIVING DAY! ONCE THE STORE OPEN WE WERE SOLD OUT OF ALL AD PIECES WITHIN 1 HOUR! WOW! SERIOUSLY ALL

On Friday people (and I) shopped. (Many, many people).

Me: Do you know they call the day after Thanksgiving "Black Friday"

My Husband: They should call it "The Day That You Sell Your Soul To Consumerism."

Me: Do you want to know why they call it Black Friday?

My Husband: Becase it's single handidly responsbible for making everyone's souls a little bit blacker with CONSUMERISM.

Me: Socialist, you are so not coming with me.

From Fox 6 News:

Early morning shoppers crowded into San Diego County shopping malls today in search of deals as retailers clung to hopes that the Christmas shopping season will not be as slow as predicted. "A swarm of people" went into the J.C. Penney store at the Fashion Valley Mall at 4 a.m., said Francine Miley, the shopping center's marketing director. Many other stores in the mall opened at 5 a.m., Miley said.