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I Just Don't Get Black Friday

The Wall Street Journal

November 29, 2025

ALL MY LIFE I have religiously celebrated the most important days on the American calendar.

- JOE QUEENAN

I am not just talking about obvious events like Thanksgiving, Christmas and the Fourth of July, but even lower-profile occasions like Flag Day or Earth Day, or celebrations that lay outside my ethnic group's traditions, like Cinco de Mayo.

This story is from the November 29, 2025 edition of The Wall Street Journal.

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