No wonder it is called Black Friday – It is a dark day, and it seems like the Scrooge in people always come out this day, even though it’s supposed to be “the most wonderful time of the year.”

“ They ask me every year when did I wake up to get breakfast, and I just tell them a little while ago. They have no idea what I was really doing.”

The recession is stealing Christmas for many and leaving the Grinch, like many Americans, unemployed and hurting this holiday season.

          The official start of the Christmas season is here and no matter what Ralphie tells you it isn’t the display in the store window. Oh sure, that display is up, but the real start of the Christmas season was on Friday, November 28, also known as Black Friday. Black Friday is traditionally the day when retailers go from being in the red, a debt or loss, to being in the black, turning a profit.The origin of the name however, comes from right here in Pennsylvania.Philadelphia police …

No matter what you believe or why you celebrate one thing has always been tied into this jolly season. This one thing can cause a plethora of emotions that could be good, or that could also be bad. This one thing that has appeared every holiday season is, a present.