Black Friday Research Paper

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I learned a lesson about going to Black Friday.My mom, dad, brothers, and I went to Black Friday. My family and I went to our Thanksgiving feast with friends and family first.Then, we went to Wal-Mart.The place was full of people.”I don’t like the looks of this,” I told my brother.We all wanted something except my mom.My dad wanted a Samsug curved tv, Jareth needed a new phone, Leonel wanted the game Mortal Kombat x, and I wanted a Playstation 4.We all went to the lines for what we wanted except me, we had to get the Playstation 4 last, so I went with Leonel for the game.But it wasn’t a line for the item,it was a crowd.Then I waited and waited for

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