The term “Black Friday” had been created in the 1960s to mark the kickoff into Christmas shopping period. “Black” means shops moving from “red” towards the “black, ” when bookkeeping documents were kept by hand, and red ink indicated a loss, and black colored a profit. From the time the start of the present day Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1924, the Friday after Thanksgiving is referred to as unofficial start to a bustling getaway shopping season.