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On 2/19/2025 10:35 AM, Dave Smith wrote:

> 
> I don't really see much the point of paid holidays if they are just 
> going to be retail sale events. Banks, major businesses and government 
> offices shut down for the day and everyone goes out shopping, so the 
> lowest paid sector of the economy end up having to go to work. Nuts to 
> that. If it is a statutory holiday everyone should have the day off.
> 
> We observed Family Day on Monday. That is a relatively new holiday and I 
> was surprised to see that just about everything was closed including 
> grocery stores. Even my local corner coffee shop was closed.
> 
> If I ran the world we would be back to the Blue Law Days when everything 
> was closed on Sunday. No one makes any more money because stores are 
> open one more day. Sunday used to be a common day off when  friends and 
> family could get together.
> 

YES!  Time with family, dinner at grandma's, picnic with the cousins, 
etc.  Those days are gone.

Supermarket used to be closed but now it is the busiest day of the week.

We did our best.  Saturday was the day for work around the house 
projects but my wife and I tried to keep Sunday open for ourselves to 
enjoy, be it going for a ride someplace or visiting friends.

In some areas, retailers would close at noon on Wednesday too. That 
would be the small family shops, not Target and such that did not exist 
yet.