Black Friday has always been known as the day for savings and buying tons of random things you probably won’t use once in your life; it’s on sale, so why not? However, lately this wonderful Friday in November has shifted into an incomprehensible mess, and here’s why.

In the past, Black Friday sales started on the actual holiday. Although for the past few years, what is known as a “Black Friday deal” has now morphed into a month-long all-you-can-get sale. While it may be a positive that there is more time available to get the deals, the truth is: a good portion of the deals really aren’t that good, and them being spread out over a month helps show that.

“Black Friday’s not as fun now because not as many people go and the deals aren’t as big as they used to be since they start beginning of November. I wish that it was the way that it used to be,” junior Slade Garraghty said.

Now you may think it’s bad enough that the sales have been spread out amongst the holiday months, but what if I told you that Black Friday started on Thursday? Yes, that’s right, stores have gone the extra mile to ensure people shop their “Black Friday” deals by opening their stores to the public the night before. So, if you’re looking for something to do after your Thanksgiving feast, check out which stores near you completely take the Friday out of Black Friday.

“Having stores open the day before destroys the purpose of it being on one day. I thought it was better when it was on that one day. The whole point of Black Friday is to have deals on that single holiday, but now that’s ruined,” senior Sophie Thomas said.

Despite the changes that Black Friday has gone through over the years, most people will always continue to shop these Black Friday sales in some way, whether it be the old way of waking up at the crack of dawn and waiting outside in the freezing cold for the doors to open, or the new way of going the night before to get ahead of others.

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