Didn't leave the house.
I worked retail/food service for years. Going to places on Christmas tells employers that they need to be open those days, and that their employees don't need the day off.
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Frankly i find it inconsiderate to the social contract to go out on holidays, and sometimes around them.
Its frankly why i always found Black Friday and the "scope creep" of this festival of consumerism partially so repulsive. I mean its repulsive on its own just in the way people act, but doubly so in that it runs right through a national holiday.
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To be fair, not everyone celebrates Christmas. As long as employees are getting a certain number of holidays in a year for whatever tradition they follow, I think it's fine to be open on Christmas. But not to force anyone to work on Christmas, only if the business can sustain itself on non-Christmas-celebrating staff
that's fair, but my experience was unfortunately the latter. Retail was very much "we need you to work today", and any response other than "okay" was pretty much a reprimand. "Show up or don't show up again" was said to me when I wanted to have Thanksgiving with family. Now I avoid anything non-essential on holidays.
It's kind of a paradox really because people can't go to the establishments if they're not open. So how would the owners know whether or not people want to go there if they simply stay closed?
Other way around. Places default to open, then if people don't come, they stay closed next year as acost saving measure.
Thatβs how it works already, Chinese culture doesnβt care about Christmas, they make great money being open for their culture and others that donβt celebrate Christmas and want a normal day.
I love having Chinese coworkers because they will work extra shifts during Thanksgiving and Christmas. But it's my responsibility to work extra shifts for Chinese new year.
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Only left the house to help my neighbor look for her escaped cat. It turned out to be in their basement. The cat gets it.
After many years of shitty Christmases .... I refuse to leave the house on Christmas Day or any time from Christmas to New Years.
Y'all crazy and insane out there and I don't want to meet, talk or see any of you in person during this time of year.
I've prepared my home base and I can live here with enough food for a month and enough entertainment for two lifetimes.
Ooh I like your style. I will hunt you down and I will inflict my friendship upon you.
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Went to a del taco today for breakfast. Tipped the guy $20 for working today. Went to a bar this evening for a beer and also tipped the bartender $20.
The real Santa
haven't left the house all day π
Saaaame. I just want someone to poke their periscope out there and tell me what's going on please.
Yeah I went out, pretty much everything was open except for the street vendor I normally get my oranges from. I guess Christmas just isn't as big a deal in China as it was back home - still saw Christmas decorations at a handful of stores and restaurants - my tea said on the cup "Merry Christmas" and had an explanation of what Christmas was on the back lol
Seriously, how many of us lemmies live somewhere else? I'm in Rabat atm, there's zero assassinated pine trees covered in brightly coloured plastic shit in sight. And everything is Business As Usual here.
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Um, yesterday was Christmas day mate, get with it
Um, I posted that 6 hours ago which was yesterday in my time zone too mate, Get with it.
Christmas day is really more of a state of mind.
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Did not leave the house. Did not want to give bosses that forced close to minimum wage employees incentive to continue to do so. I believe minimum wage should at least double on holidays.
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Left the house to drive the partner to her parents house for some time with them.
Bars were open. I feel sorry for the people who go to bars Christmas day and feel even sorrier for the staff who have to work Christmas day.
I was a bartender last year. I worked every holiday. It didn't phase me because I had nothing else to do. But if I had a life I would definitely make sure I didn't work holidays one way or another, either demand it of my boss or get an entirely different job that respects humans.
I salute the work you did. Service jobs should come with military-style awards. A Purple Heart for Bravery in the Face of a Drunk Karen, for example.
Instead we get minimum wage. And gratuity from appreciative customers like you. Thank you for your appreciation.
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Didnt leave the house today. I work retail, so Im glad to not be at work today, since were closed.
But my old man did go pick up some burgers from Jack in the Box, so apparently they were open. I hate people going out shopping on a holiday like this, as a retail worker. It means theres incentive for the companies to open during holidays, regardless of how morally correct it is. Having said that, Im thankful Jack was open, as were having a pretty rough Christmas this year, and most of my family couldnt make it due to sickness and a death. This was our Christmas dinner that my dad and I shared.
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I took the dogs for a walk. Gas stations and 24/7 pubs were open.
I did not leave the house, but I was very grateful that there was a sushi restaurant open for delivery because my SO ate all the sushi leftover from last night which I had been looking forward to sharing. Gave a big tip, of course.
Christmas day was yesterday for me.
I only left home for church. After that, it was back home to have lunch with family, then hosting Christmas dinner for a bunch of people.
Life is going as normal as if there's no such thing as Christmas. In fact, the schools are open too, some folks are even taking their midterm exams.
I stayed at home and cooked a turkey. I know the grocery store was open till 2pm (normally closes at 10pm) because sibling worked today. I know wawa was closed, they had signs.
No because I have COVID :(.
Oof, get well soon!
Stayed home most of the day except to go to my daughter's house for supper, about a 1/4 mile away.
The closest business that would have been open today out here would have been the gas station about 16 miles (25km) away.
Christmas is inside time. It's -12c outside and snowing.
Husband and I stayed in all day. We watched football and played video games. I made waffles for breakfast and spaghetti for dinner. Neighbor gave us a box of chocolates so we had some of that too.
Does going into my garage workshop count? If not, then no. I didn't have anywhere to be and it was really cold out.
That was yesterday in my timezone. Yes, I spent Christmas Day with family a significant drive away.
Almost none; gas stations, some restaurants and dairies. Most were closed.
Thankfully we had rain all day, a nice change back to traditional rainy and humid Christmas Days.
Where I'm at almost everything except truck stops, a handful of fast food joints, even fewer liquor stores are closed.
My work is an outlier as we are in grocery distribution. We do shut down for major holidays, but a day earlier. So rather than getting the 25th off, I get the 24th off. We load the groceries on the trucks Christmas night and the trucks arrive at their destination early on the 26th. And yes, we are paid well.
We took the dogs to run around at a park before the festivities. We were definitely the only people there.
Left the house for a walk in the rain with the wife. Lots of mountain bikers were out!
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