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In Muslim countries, they ignore Christmas and all stores stay open.

They drink water in Muslim countries too. Does that mean if I take a swig of Ozarka right out of the bottle in the refrigerator, THAT MEANS I WANT AMERICA TO BECOME A MUSLIM COUNTRY TOO?!?!?

I get the sense you folks want that to happen in America.

Your sense is ignorantly wrong. It would be even more "Muslim-ish" (is that a word?) to use the power of government to mandate that all retailers remain closed on Christmas Day. Let the free market take care of those who want to open on Christmas Day - and it will.

use the power of government to mandate that all retailers remain closed on Christmas Day. Let the free market take care of those who want to open on Christmas Day - and it will.""Where did I say that we should use government to mandate ... . I didn't. I say "use the market" - by CRITICIZING retailers who would treat Christmas with the same disrespect that they do in Muslim countries, by staying open. You, however, are JUSTIFYING Safeway acting like a Moslem business. So you're using the market to give them an "atta boy". We'll have more and more businesses ignoring Christmas and opening on Dec 25, if there are a lot of folks like you who justify their actions. Like I say, in Saudi Arabia they treat Dec 25 like just another day - - all stores open - - - and you're apparently OK with our going the same way. I''m not, and I'm going to criticize the stores that do so.