>>On THIS, I guess I will take exception and say that Walmart might want to consider being open for only a partial day and allowing everyone to give thanks to God...with their families.<<
Why does one need a particular DAY to Thank God and be with the family?!?
I worked banquets in college. I worked every holiday and so did my sister. There are four days in the Thanksgiving weekend and If you are working on Thursday, THANK GOD! Many people aren’t and you can pick Saturday to have Turkey and dressing.
THAT is what we did.
I understand completely. My post was not meant to be anything negative toward work per se. Our own family has thrived on hard work. I was commenting more generally on how, as a society, we have lost that sense of sacred celebration, that stopping of the routine, everyday....to give something back to God together....as a family, as a nation of families.
We allowed ourselves to become far more material than spiritual. We began to shift our worship of the Creator/Giver to the worship of the gifts He gave us.