I remember the Blue Laws era when NO stores were open on Sunday! Those were the good old days.
i think it’s sad for so many to have to work.
i think for travellers i can understand certain businesses being open, if nothing else for safety reasons. but for people to just do non-essential shopping, or get gifts they somehow just couldn’t plan to get days, weeks or months before,....no.
I was glad to see my local Walmart will be closed on Christmas Day. Gas stations and 7-11 — that should be it.
We live in a world where there is no such thing as delayed gratification.
I want it, and I want it NOW.
were already where we were headed.
if not those stores would be closed On Christmas
conveniences stores and gas stations might be open..but general retail sales would cease for a day.
I consider it my Christian duty to NOT shop on holidays so that employees can rest and enjoy family. No Thanksgiving, Christmas or Easter day shopping for me. Sundays, I tried, but failed at that. I keep starting that one over, but cave by the end of the year.
Good time to return unwanted gifts while waiting for the ballgame?
Not trying to sound blasphemous, but Christmas is hardly a celebration of our Lord.
That said, I like Christmas. Celebrating our Lord is difficult because He is so overwhelming.
As I get older, I feel like falling to my knees every time I think of Him (which is all day long).
/johnny
Different strokes for different folks. There are people that don’t have something to do on Christmas. It’s not like they’re imposing on you...not one bit.
Don’t shop anywhere on Christmas. Stay home. Even get the football game goodies and gas beforehand too.
Christianity has NO holidays, and requires NO holidays
For one thing, it’s basically impossible for all businesses to be closed on those holidays. And then, it’s something that is totally under the control of the business owner, if they want to or not,
FOR EXAMPLE ... I went to the shopping mall in Tulsa (Woodland Hills) and it was more crowded than I had ever seen before, I was glad the stores were open — however — there was one place that was closed on Sunday. It was in the food court and was Chick-fil-A. They were the only one closed on Sunday - and that’s their business if they want to close, however, I must say that I would have ordered something from them, but couldn’t - so I bought something from one of their “pagan neighbor businesses” ... :-) ...
The bottom line is that it should be totally up to the business owner, if he (or she) wants to do that.
I personally believe stores selling necessary or life-saving products (like hospitals and drug stores especially, or probably some food stores or restaurants, and gasoline) should be open all the time. These, because they can provide products or services that may be of very serious, important help to some customers. Most other stores (like TV or stereo sales places, hairdressers, barbers, gift shops, all the ordinary kinds of storefronts.....) should be considerate enough to close on Easter and Christmas, methinks.
In other words, 80 or 90 percent of the stores can close on the most important holidays. That would make me happy.
I am not holding my breath, however. So long as customers spend money the stores will, naturally, tend to want to stay open. The answer to this is up to us, the customers.
Christmas is a nice idea but it is a made up date. I’m sure God cares a whole lot about what we choose to do on December 25th as opposed to any day of the year.
I grew when ‘blue laws’ were in effect. I don’t care if stores are open for business on any given day. I don’t have to shop on days that I don’t want to. I think this is a kerfluffle over nothing
As an employee, when I had a retail job I used to put in a request to work on Christmas Day. My family celebrates together on Christmas Eve, so Christmas Day I would be able to work a shift making time and a half on what would be an easy work day since business was light that day. Plus it allowed other employees who celebrated on Christmas Day to be with their families.
If people want to work; let them.
I imagine those who are working major holidays make 1.5 pay or double pay, and I hope they are volunteers. Still, I will not shop on Christmas, Thanksgiving, or Easter no matter what. I have mixed feelings on stores opening those days, but I won’t permanently boycott a store over that mistake.
Up to the employer, the employees and the customers. Practicing Catholic here but not everybody is. So I’m closed but I recognize that others may not be.
they are private businesses and it is none of my business when they open/close. Zillions of people work on Christmas, firemen, police, prison personnel, street maintenance people, ( could snow you know) airport staff, air traffic controllers, pilots, cargo handlers, military(all of them), hospital staff, nursing home staff, state hospital staff, so who are we to be upset that retail merchants and their employees want to pick a few extra bucks....employees usually make double, or more, time so just leave them alone....they are not out ther alone in the wilderness.