var json_comments = new Array("<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-656326\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">                <a href=\"http://thousandrobots.com\"><img src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"         width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>            </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a title=\"http://thousandrobots.com\" href=\"http://thousandrobots.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">ADM</a>    </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2006/11/black-friday-not-so-black.html#comment-656326\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2006-11-21T17:12:48-05:00\">November 21, 2006  5:12 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(656326);\">Moderate</a> |</span>	<script type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"http://consumerist.com/mt-static/plugins/Moderate/moderate.js\"></script>	<script type=\"text/javascript\">		successMsg = \"\";	</script><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=656326');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>Cyber Monday is indeed made up/a myth, that's why no one ever heard of it before last year. It was made up by some retailers association looking to capitalize on leftover giddiness of Black Friday shoppers.</p><p><a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyber_Monday\" rel=\"nofollow\"><a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyber_Monday\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyber_Monday</a></a></p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(656326, 'ADM')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-656772\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=1529\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-1529-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=1529\">GenXCub</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2006/11/black-friday-not-so-black.html#comment-656772\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2006-11-21T18:40:28-05:00\">November 21, 2006  6:40 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(656772);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=656772');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>I had always heard that the weekend before Christmas has been busier than Black Friday for a few years now.  The question is do they base that on shoppers in the store, or money spent?  I'm siding on the money spent angle because Friday seems busier, at least the places I go.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(656772, 'GenXCub')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-658772\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=17841\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-17841-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=17841\">Trae</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2006/11/black-friday-not-so-black.html#comment-658772\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2006-11-22T01:05:48-05:00\">November 22, 2006  1:05 AM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(658772);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=658772');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>Well, as a person who has had the frightening ordeal of being a retail employee on Black Friday (and is thankful for his change of vocations) I can tell you this is unsurprising (well, that and I read a Snopes.com article on this years ago).</p><p>While 7am-Noon are absolutely scary, by 3pm the store would be an absolute ghost town.  The reason why Black Friday has such a reputation is because it's so compressed.  People run into the store en masse, while the weekend days before Christmas have the foot traffic spread out over an entire day.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(658772, 'Trae')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment last\" id=\"comment-660066\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=25322\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-25322-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=25322\">Hirayuki</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2006/11/black-friday-not-so-black.html#comment-660066\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2006-11-22T13:52:01-05:00\">November 22, 2006  1:52 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(660066);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=660066');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>Yeah, here it is on Snopes:</p><p><a href=\"http://www.snopes.com/holidays/thanksgiving/shopping.asp\" rel=\"nofollow\"><a href=\"http://www.snopes.com/holidays/thanksgiving/shopping.asp\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.snopes.com/holidays/thanksgiving/shopping.asp</a></a></p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(660066, 'Hirayuki')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>");