New Delhi, Nov. 28 -- Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, is considered to be one of the biggest shopping days of the year in the United States. It marks the beginning of the Christmas and holiday shopping season, and is known for massive discounts and bustling sales in stores and online.

But before Black Friday became associated with massive discounts and record-breaking sales volumes, it had a rather chaotic meaning, which is now long-faded and has been replaced by consumer spending and holiday preparations.

'Black Friday' first came from Philadelphia police in the 1950s-60s, to refer to post-Thanksgiving shopping chaos, heavy traffic jams, shoplifting, crowded streets for holiday shopping and the annual Army-Navy football game,...