Excellent! This just keeps getting better and better. Perhaps you are not old enough to remember when retail stores would all be closed on Sundays (old Blue Laws). Then someone started the ball rolling by staying open on Sundays. I was at an age where I just thought it was cool to be able to shop on Sundays. I remember my Grandmother, a deeply devout Lutheran would not step foot in a store on the Sabbath. It was a personal choice for her, but she did feel that it was fair as not all Americans are Christians. Now I think it is time to get really, really "fair" and declare that religious holidays should not be federal holidays. Also retail stores should not be allowed to sell CHRISTMAS ITEMS as we wouldn't want to offend ANYONE! If this were to happen the ACLU would be run out of town on a rail by retailers who would lose an enormous amount of money each year.
I said this yesterday on another thread yesterday. The Friday after Thanksgiving is called Black Friday. The meaning of the this Black Friday is that a lot of retail stores go into profit during the Christmas season. If the Christmas shopping extravaganza did not exist mom and pop operations everywhere would be in big trouble.
Yes, I remember blue laws, in Kentucky the first things that opened were grocery stores, pharmacies and gas stations. It felt rather naughty to go to church and then slip into Kroger's for newness of it.