Shop til you drop
The history of Black Friday dates back decades to Philly police who dreaded the day after Thanksgiving because Army-Navy football fans would swarm the shops ahead of the big football game the next day. So, no police officers could get the day off to rest after eating so much turkey. Hence, the term. Now it’s all about the deals.
The South Shore Plaza was humming. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald)
Yes, even the guys hit up the stores. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald)
ELSEWHERE: JoJo Siwa performed at the Mall of America for Black Friday deals in Bloomington, Minn. (AP Photo/Adam Bettcher)
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