Plaid Friday? I never heard of it until today – or maybe I have but forgot. It’s a shopping day like Black Friday, but different, and this year it is on November 26th.
Plaid Friday was initially organized in Oakland in 2009. Back then, Plaid Friday, which takes place on the day after Thanksgiving, was intended to serve as a more laid back alternative to Black Friday, a day that’s become as notorious for incidents threatening public safety as it has for great deals. Plaid Friday efforts promote locally owned small businesses and encourage residents to patronize these establishments as they begin their holiday shopping.
Participation is local-retailer based so you’ll have to check and see if the small businesses in your town are into it or not. Or, you could wear plaid and go shopping – see how it works out.
Given that plenty of people around here already leave the house in plaid regularly, that’ll be easy for them. The rest of us will have to think about it.
And I’m not sure if you have to wear a plaid shirt or if any plaid will do ( a scarf, for example). This is all new to me, not that I’m likely to go shopping on Friday, November 26th. I shop locally all year round (primarily restaurants), assuming they have what I want or need at a price I want to pay.
And any store telling me I need to wear a mask is not getting my business no matter how much of a discount I might get for wearing plaid.
