Black Friday has become a season rather than an event

[StormRichards]

I find it incredible the way people talk about spending at the holidays as needing to pay off credit cards afterwards. How much is it? $300? I figure it must be a lot.

"Shoppers around the country say they are planning to spend an average of $929 for gifts this holiday season, up from $882 last year according to the 32d annual survey on holiday spending from the American Research Group, Inc. Planned gift spending for 2016 is $47 above spending in 2015 and it is the first time planned gift spending exceeds $900 since 2006."

https://americanresearchgroup.com/holiday/