Traditional Black Friday

 According to The Onion 🧅 (via email, so you’ll have to trust me):

Did you know that Black Friday has roots in a pagan holiday? It’s supposedly based on an ancient post-harvest Germanic day of celebration called Glänzendkoboldkatastrophenparty, which loosely translates to “Shiny Goblin Disaster Party.” 

According to legend, goblins would break through store windows and, covered in shards of glass, loot any business not open on the day after the harvest celebration. Shopkeepers, loathe to see their store floor strewn with trampled, sparkling goblins clutching a day-old lebkuchen, would offer deep discounts so as to ward off the creatures with a steady stream of customers.

This reminds me I have a pretty good recipe for lebkuchen. Mmmmm…😋