Why is the day after Thanksgiving called Black Friday?

Published at 11:03 ET (16:03 GMT) Tuesday, November 23, 2021

<img class="image" src="https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load-0.7/images/1x1.trans.gif" alt="The origin of Black Friday, shopping day" data-lazy-src="https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/211123103246-black-friday-full-169.jpg?quality=100&strip=info&w=140&h=80&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/211123103246-black-friday-full-169.jpg?quality=100&strip=info&w=140&h=80&crop=1 140w" data-lazy-sizes="( min-width: 200px ) 140px"/> play 1:24 Published at 22:55 ET (03:55 GMT) Monday, November 22, 2021

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<img class="image" src="https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load-0.7/images/1x1.trans.gif" alt="The historian says that the date of the conquest should not be simplified" data-lazy-src="https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/211111221719-cnne-colon-full-169.jpg?quality=100&strip=info&w=1024" data-lazy-srcset="https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/211111221719-cnne-colon-full-169.jpg?quality=100&strip=info&w=1024 1024w" data-lazy-sizes="( min-width: 200px ) 300px"/> 1:39 Published at 12:34 ET (17:34 GMT) Friday, October 29, 2021

<img class="image" src="https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load-0.7/images/1x1.trans.gif" alt="Revisionist Invasion of America" data-lazy-src="https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/211029123127-vikings-2-full-169.jpg?quality=100&strip=info&w=1024" data-lazy-srcset="https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/211029123127-vikings-2-full-169.jpg?quality=100&strip=info&w=1024 1024w" data-lazy-sizes="( min-width: 200px ) 300px"/> 1:34 Published at 12:31 ET (17:31 GMT) Friday, October 29, 2021

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<img class="image" src="https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load-0.7/images/1x1.trans.gif" alt=""Missile Crisis", exclusive on CNN en Español" data-lazy-src="https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/211027222752-cnne-misiles-full-169.jpg?quality=100&strip=info&w=1024" data-lazy-srcset="https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/211027222752-cnne-misiles-full-169.jpg?quality=100&strip=info&w=1024 1024w" data-lazy-sizes="( min-width: 200px ) 300px"/> 2:27 Published at 20:37 ET (01:37 GMT) Friday, October 22, 2021

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<img class="image" src="https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load-0.7/images/1x1.trans.gif" alt="Was the Spanish conquest just a smokescreen?" data-lazy-src="https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/211012224324-cnne-leyenda-negra-full-169-e1634103554743.jpg?quality=100&strip=info&w=1024" data-lazy-srcset="https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/211012224324-cnne-leyenda-negra-full-169-e1634103554743.jpg?quality=100&strip=info&w=1024 1024w" data-lazy-sizes="( min-width: 200px ) 300px"/> <img class="image" srcset="https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/211012224324-cnne-leyenda-negra-full-169-e1634103554743.jpg?quality=100&strip=info&w=1024 1024w" sizes="( min-width: 200px ) 300px" src="https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/211012224324-cnne-leyenda-negra-full-169-e1634103554743.jpg?quality=100&strip=info&w=1024" alt="Was the Spanish conquest just a smokescreen?"/> 1:21