Holidays: why is Black Friday Nov 23, 2018 (and not Nov 30)?

Self-tutoring about holidays: the tutor checks the answer to a question he’s wondered about.

I would have said that Black Friday is typically later than Nov 23. Furthermore, I believed it was the last Friday of November. While most years I’d probably be right, Black Friday is not defined that way. Rather, it’s defined as the Friday after Thanksgiving (US), which is defined as the fourth Thursday in November.

November 2018 began on Thursday, so it has five, its fourth being November 22 and Thanksgiving in the US. Black Friday 2018 must then be November 23, the Friday following United States Thanksgiving.

Source:

blackfriday.com

www.officeholidays.com