Day after Thanksgiving when stores reopen having been closed the day before. Traditionally called “Black Friday” because it put retail businesses books back into the black.

I think this recent adoption of Black Friday in Australia is dumb, for two reasons:

(1) It makes zero sense given we don’t celebrate Thanksgiving

(2) Given the term’s historical association in Australian culture with mass death (1939 Black Friday bushfires that killed over 70 people, 2009 Black Saturday bushfires that killed over 170 people), using it for sales could be seen as disrespectful and culturally insensitive