Thanksgivingday and Black Friday. Why is the Friday after Thanksgiving called "Black Friday"? Why do you think that some retail stores are opening on Thanksgiving evening? What might be some of the pros and cons of opening on Thanksgiving for these stores, their employees and customers? Do you think that stores should be open during the holiday? Why or why not? -Back when accounting records were kept by hand, red ink indicated a loss, and black a profit. And, Many retailers report some of their highest profits on Black Friday so that’s why it is called Black Friday. -The reason why some retail stores are opening on Thanksgiving evening is to maximize their profit by opening their stores the day earlier. -The pros will be as there will be lots of people out there to buy stuffs on Black Friday, if some people buy the things earlier, there will be slightly less people(less messy) on BF and also if people are bored they can shop on Thanksgiving day. The cons would be employees would have to work so they don’t get to spend much time with their family and the meaning of Thanksgiving day will be diminished because it’s the day you thank god for all his blessings and mercies throughout the year but it seems like it’s they day you buy more stuffs which I mean not the day you gratitude things that you earned and havebut the day you spend more money on buying what you want. -I don’t think that stores should be open during the holiday because everyone deserves to enjoy their holiday all they can and the official Black Friday isn’t Thanksgiving day(it’s the day after) so I don’t think stores should open for their profits. What do you know about the Thanksgiving holiday? What are some things you are thankful for? What might be some appropriate ways to express gratitude for these things? -Thanksgiving holiday in the United States and Korea is quite different but I heard people in United States always eat roasted turkey on Thanksgiving. But in Korea, on the morning of Chuseok Day, Songpyeon (a type of Korean rice cake) and food prepared with the year’s fresh harvest are set out to give thanks to ancestors through Charye (ancestor memorial service). After Charye, families visit their ancestors’ graves and engage in Beolcho, a ritual of clearing the weeds that may have grown up over the burial mound. After dusk, families and friends take walks and gaze at the beauty of the full harvest moon or play folk games such as Ganggangsullae (Korean circle dance).