Black Friday

The Urban Legends website has a posting about the common belief that today is the biggest shopping day of the year.

As they point out, Black Friday typically ranks about fifth, behind the last two weekends before Christmas, in terms of sales.

The top shopping days of the year in the recent past:

* 2004: Saturday, Dec. 18
* 2003: Saturday, Dec. 20
* 2002: Saturday, Dec. 21
* 2001: Saturday, Dec. 22
* 2000: Saturday, Dec. 23
* 1999: Saturday, Dec. 18
* 1998: Saturday, Dec. 19
* 1997: Saturday, Dec. 20
* 1996: Saturday, Dec. 21
* 1995: Saturday, Dec. 23
* 1994: Friday, Dec. 23
* 1993: Thursday, Dec. 23

We hope you had a great Thanksgiving.