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Stores are apparently open today even if their shelves resemble what's left of your turkey. We say that because Black Friday was reportedly a bonanza for Boston's bargain hunters, even for online shoppers who skipped the malls. Internet shopping was up 16% over 2009's Black Friday. There was a 33% jump for online shopping on Thanksgiving day. more ›

Parking is free tomorrow in Boston - for two hours. Insurance isn't free. Nothing was free on Black Friday. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook. more ›

Bostonist is feeling a bit festive already and we haven't even shopped yet. We mentioned our first holiday pings last week and, well, we're in the mood again. more ›

Business is happening all over Boston: more ›

• Some state-owned buildings are going solar thanks to stimulus money. [Boston Business Journal]

• B.C. High School has a solar array. You can even follow its daily output. [B.C. High solar array]

• Bob Pannuto, a retired meteorologist, predicts Boston won't get heavy this winter. [Boston Globe]

• Black Friday happened. [Boston Herald]

We mentioned Buy Nothing Day earlier this week, but we understand that some folks just can't keep their wallets closed on the day after Thanksgiving. If you simply must buy something tomorrow, we have a few ideas to help you out: more ›

Too bad that people can't sleep off their turkey comas after Thanksgiving. Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving in which people are encouraged to shop, shop, shop, drives people out of their comfy homes and into the malls. Black Friday divides the holiday crowd into two--those who are disgusted with the consumer culture and those who are willing to get up at ungodly hours for the best deal. If you aren't feeling the deals, boycott... more ›

Oldies station WODS (103.3 FM) is already playing holiday music. Laurel Sweet at the Herald wrote, "Admit it: You love it." No, we do not love it! At least it's easy to turn the FM dial away from the Trans-Siberan Orchestra's "What Is Christmas?" But what about the sudden appearance of Starbucks holiday cups? And what about Rachael Ray's uber-perky Dunkies ad? Amy at Boston Daily is already feeling irritated by Ray's self-proclaimed "million pounds"... more ›

Bostonist was surprised to read the Boston Herald headline “Hotline: Get a crack at ‘The Nutcracker’.” From recent features in the Herald we’ve come to expect more racy headlines like “Get Crack at ‘The Nutcracker’.” The Boston Ballet production is playing on Washington St. in the Theatre District at the Opera House, close to the Common and the darker streets of Boston at night. We hoped we’d find a bit of juice in the Herald blurb, unfortunately no candid shots of drug deals, just a heads up on an appearance of some Nutcracking characters at Copley Place Center. more ›

This weekend Bostonist made a little trip over to Wikipedia. We wanted to find out what else had been named “Black Friday.” Turns out that once upon a time it did refer to a stock market crash, one in 1869, like its brothers Black Monday (of 1987 and also 1929), Black Tuesday, and Black Thursday of Great Depression fame. There are a whole host of other Fridays that Black Friday has referred to, but presently, for most US consumers the term refers to the day after Thanksgiving when the Christmas shopping season commences. The neologism this weekend was “Cyber Monday,” coined in the anticipation that people, upon returning to work, would drop their productivity levels and use their work computers and broadband connections to shop online. Bostonist had recently told you about a web-store gone to bricks and mortar, and today we call attention to Lekker. It began as a store, with a door, and has branched out and experienced much of its sucess on the web. more ›

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