Thanksgiving EIJV

Massasoit joined the pilgrims with 90 of his men

commemorate the defeat of the British army

donated 5 deers

showed the pilgrims how to grow crops/ was their interpreter / chose to live with them

102 English men women and children

Mayflower

October 3rd 1863 President Lincoln issued a proclamation declaring the last Thursday of November to be Thanksgiving Day

the Congress finally made Thanksgiving Day a legal holiday when they did they moved the holiday up one week

Detroit Lions came up with the idea of a Thanksgiving Day football game in order to boost dwindling attendance

1924 Macy's department store started their Thanksgiving Day Parade

rip off

flash sale

coupon

a steal

price bundling

price match

in the black

earlybird discount

sales

splash out

ramp-up

bargain

discount

pay through the nose

Black Friday refers to retail stores that become profitable = they go in the black

Big Friday

in a trade journal called factory management and maintenance

1951

in 1869

- discounted prices - the long lineups - the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season

no concrete evidence on who coined the term

factories had trouble getting the workers to show up on the day after Thanksgiving

didn't like the negative connotation

it's a myth

reinvent

positive spin

negative connotation

retailers

were referring to

show up

absenteeism

fall on