So while bargain hunters patted themselves on the back for lighting up their (online) shopping carts, Visa, Mastercard and other credit cards quietly waltzed off with the real trophy this Black Friday. Americans shelled out a record $11.8 billion online.

According to Just the News, online Black Friday spending accounted for roughly 10% of all November sales, topping $111 billion, a 9.1% increase in online sales compared to last year.

Yes, that means that fewer people showed up in person to fight over 4K TVs and Elves on the Shelf in parking-lot and store stampedes, but credit cards showed up again – with a “buy-now-pay-later” attitude.

But the fun isn’t over…

Just the News reports that Adobe Analytics thinks that the 2025 holiday season will become the first quarter trillion dollar season online in the country’s history.

So what does that say about prices and the state of the economy? Is everything humming along like President Trump insists, or tanking like Democrats claim? Either way, Americans seem perfectly happy to swipe now and worry later in order to get what they want.