onyxo76: I just watched a report on CNN this morning on a concept called "black Friday" shopping which I learnt takes place a day after thanksgiving. I saw a lot of pushing and shoving as well as lots of ugly scenes taking place in shopping malls. For those of you resident in the states please can you share your experience and further enlighten us on what this is all about. Is going through all that trouble worth it?

Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_(shopping)
Black Friday is the name given to the day following Thanksgiving Day in the United States, traditionally the beginning of the Christmas shopping season. On this day, most major retailers open extremely early and offer promotional sales to kick off the holiday shopping season, similar to Boxing Day sales in many Commonwealth Nations. Black Friday is not an official holiday, but many non-retail employers also observe this day as a holiday along with Thanksgiving, giving their employees the day off, thereby increasing the number of potential shoppers. It has routinely been the busiest shopping day of the year since 2005,[1] although news reports, which at that time were inaccurate,[2] have described it as the busiest shopping day of the year for a much longer period of time.[3]
The day's name originated in Philadelphia, where it originally was used to describe the heavy and disruptive pedestrian and vehicle traffic which would occur on the day after Thanksgiving.[4][5] Use of the term started before 1961 and began to see broader use outside Philadelphia around 1975. Later an alternative explanation began to be offered: that "Black Friday" indicates the point at which retailers begin to turn a profit, or are "in the black".

Black Friday is the day following Thanksgiving Day in the United States, traditionally the beginning of the Christmas shopping season. On this day, most major retailers open extremely early and offer promotional sales to kick off the holiday shopping season, similar to Boxing Day sales in many Commonwealth Nations. Black Friday is not an official holiday, but many non-retail employers also observe this day as a holiday along with Thanksgiving, giving their employees the day off, thereby increasing the number of potential shoppers. It has routinely been the busiest shopping day of the year since 2005,[1] although news reports, which at that time were inaccurate,[2] have described it as the busiest shopping day of the year for a much longer period of time

scopusng: I dey Naija but I don purchase enough items today for US shops through online. Dem cheap die. Been planning for today for 6 months now.Thank God

Brand_new:
"Black Friday" is another religious/social gimmick by capitalists to rip people off.

Kay-Dee:
Black Friday shopping from the comfort of my living room. No time for the crazy crowd outside.

armyofone: the whole thing is crazy but fun. I just watched on CNN as one woman fell down, she grabbed her fallen wig and was trying to put the wig back on as other rushed ahead..phew i laughed with turkeyfilled mouth.

I went shopping for one nice boot and some pink nightwear ...no rushing in this mil store. The store is so packed!!

As I walked out, I can only thank God the economy is imroving and people are shopping anyhow, forget fiscal cliff . And wondered how thankgiving was w/ Ann and Mitt Romney

Hugs to Barrack for winning the election.

scopusng: I dey Naija but I don purchase enough items today for US shops through online. Dem cheap die. Been planning for today for 6 months now.Thank God

razznaija: This black Friday is not worth the hype at all. I decided to shop for the first time this year and this is the last time that i will ever do it.

After standing in line for almost an hour to get in an electronics store at 11 pm thanksgiving day when they were supposed to open at 10 pm, i found out that most of the items that i had planned to buy were out of stock.

I finally picked up a tablet, but when i looked at the line, it was so freaking long that i could not even see the checkout aisles from were i was standing. I decided to stand there,after standing there for more than an hour without the line even moving a little bit i was just like forget this sh!t i'll look online.

I just feel really sorry for the people that died just because of this black Friday madness.

ogugua88: Black Friday is one of the dumbest days in the US, if not the dumbest. I hate it very much and refuse to partake in it. I never have, thank goodness. It has severely depreciated the meaning of thanksgiving. Rather than for people to enjoy their time with family, cook a large feast, and enjoy themselves, they eat a quick meal and camp in front of stores. That's if they eat any thanksgiving meal at all.

My cousin was in a car accident two years ago because she fell asleep on the road while driving to Best Buy at 3am. She was hospitalized for days. People have been seriously injured and/or killed because of vicious mobs and stampedes in the name of lower Xbox and television prices. If I were dictator president, I would have all stores closed on the Friday following thanksgiving, since people don't know how to be civilized and cherish what they already have.

Black Friday is all about saving money if you're a shopper, and making money if you're a business. Money money money. It's ridiculous. There's no reason why Target and other stores should be opening at 8pm on thanksgiving. The worst part is that stores keep opening earlier and earlier to outdo competition. They used to open at midnight. Some Target and Walmart employees had to go to work as early as 3pm on thanksgiving day to prepare for the night. Smh.

slyfoxxjoe: So what is the significance of Black Friday shopping in Nigeria?