My XH (and yet another reason he's my X) would get upset with me because I would buy Christmas presents starting in October. Hey, if I saw something I thought a family or friend would like, I'd buy it. We had about 25 people to shop for. But he thought shopping in the malls with all the decorations and music and hustle and bustle of holiday crowds was part of getting into the holiday spirit.
So I suggested if he really wanted that experience, we should shop on Black Friday. (Back then we just called it the Friday after Thanksgiving, but I digress.) It was a horrible experience. Stores were a disaster, people were irritable. We waited in some lines for over 45 minutes to check out.
He left the shopping up to me after that.
That was my only "Black Friday" experience, and it was to prove a point. I'm sure it's only gotten worse since then.