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十件您所不知的「黑色星期五」小知識
Ten things you didn't know about Black Friday

(BBC, Nov. 29, 2013) —Black Friday is the biggest shopping day of the year in the biggest economy in the world.

黑色星期五是世界上最大經濟體(美國)一年當中最盛大的一個採購日。

Full from their Thanksgiving feasts, millions of US shoppers descend on stores across the country on the Friday after the holiday, hoping to save on their Christmas shopping.

剛從感恩節大餐飽食一頓的數百萬美國民眾們在全國各地都利用感恩節隔天的星期五來竄入商店中搶購，為的是要替他們的聖誕採購精打細算。

But as ever more promotions proliferate - add Cyber Monday and Small Business Saturday to the shopping calendar - the question remains: Just what is Black Friday anyway?

不過就在更多的促銷名目激增的同時──像是多了「網路星期一」和「小型商家星期六」的活動在購物日曆上，我們還是有個問題存在著：究竟「黑色星期五」是什麼意思？

Here are 10 surprising facts about America's unofficial paean to all things commercial.

以下我們就來看看十件關於美國對於讚頌將一切事物商業化的驚人小知識。