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And in today's world when moms & dads work 5-6 days a week and often have multiple jobs Sunday is the only day they can shop (if Sunday wasn't a work day). I can say that from experience and the best thing that ever happened was Sunday shopping.

In the early years of my marriage my late husband he had to work every single holiday. Oil wells don’t stop pumping. My family accommodated his hours and we just adjusted when we had dinners, opened presents and the like. It’s called making a living. At times on a new drill he didn’t come home but to shower and go back to work. That's how we saved our money that enables me to live here.

Working (any day any time) is better than not having a job. We need to be thankful for what we have.

I have worked MANY holidays including Christmas and New Years Day. I am thankful for the opportunity and all I was able to learn.

You can thank those working and maybe tip those in the jobs that allow such, but remember all those in the military and other occupations that keep our services working.

I don't shop on Black Friday, except during REGULAR business hours. As someone who's spent most of her working life in retail, I can say in all confidence that Black Friday brings out the absolute worst in people. It is a celebration of greed, nothing more or less. There is nothing you need at 2 in the morning, that you can't get at 10 in the morning. If you can't afford to get it at the 10AM price, then you should re-think your priorities. You have all year to buy a widget. There's no reason why you have to do it at 2 in the morning, making minimum-wage employees have to miss out on sleep just so they can watch you rip through a shelf of toys with six dozen other people all vying for the limited selection available for the special price of whatever.

It disgusts me. I've also stopped working on Fridays in retail. For that very reason. They can't make me work at 2 in the morning, if I'm not available to work on Fridays at all.