I think it ' s slowly dying down cause of online pushing Black Friday week or month deals . Even brick and mortar is starting to do more of a spread over all of Nov and Dec sale thing . Always will be the big day of Black Friday , but hopefully it will move back just to Friday and not thanksgiving night . <| sep |> That is also true . I suppose some people age better than others . <| sep |> Happy Thanksgiving to you , too , ssunflower ! I laughed when I saw your count . We ' re all huddling here for safety ! <| sep |> Basically any state where a significant portion of the people living there are not living in urban or suburban areas would have a fighting chance . Kids living in mainly rural areas , especially if there is a hunting industry , will have many more skills related to independent survival in a wilderness format than kids in the city or suburban areas , just by virtue of their lifestyle . The reason the population of rural citizens is important is because it increases the number of choices for champions for the state , meaning that they can pick the kids who are the most physically fit , who have the most knowledge of how to find and hunt for food in the wild , and who are most attractive to get more sympathy from viewers and sponsors .