if shops were open Christmas day would you go shopping?

Andy From Sligo · 20-12-2015 7:07pm #1

if shops restaurants and other establishments were open on Christmas Day (say they just done Sunday opening hours) - would you go to them?

If you worked in one of these shops or establishments and there was an offer to work on Christmas day (for Double or triple time) would you work on Christmas day?

fair enough Christmas is a time for families or people to have a break but what if your alone and you want to go out on Christmas day for a bit of company or do some shopping or just want to eat out (at not extortionate prices) theres not a lot open so your stuffed! <pun intended>

Jim Bob Scratcher · 20-12-2015 7:08pm

I'd probably nip down just for a milk.

dr.bollocko · 20-12-2015 7:09pm

If I had a shop I'd open just to sell batteries at 300% the normal price.

DexysGrl · 20-12-2015 7:09pm

No and I would boycott any shop that tried that!

BreadnBuddha · 20-12-2015 7:12pm

Yep.

Plenty of covenience shops open for a few hours on Christmas day already.

rubadub · 20-12-2015 7:12pm

DexysGrl wrote: »

No and I would boycott any shop that tried that!

Just for the day?, or boycott them for good. If for good you should check around your area as a few establishments are open christmas day. My mates brother used to work and loved it, got out of the boring house for a few hours and earned a fortune.

The Backwards Man · 20-12-2015 7:15pm

No, and I say that as someone who once worked twelve Christmas Days in a row and is in no way religious. It's the one day in the year that is primarily geared towards kids and families and I believe it should be preserved as such, and if the rest of us can't survive 24 hours without throwing our toys out of the pram there's not much good in us.

20-12-2015 7:15pm

I don't mind a small shop, locally owned where the owner decides he'll open up for an hour or two. That's grand.

My issue is with the likes of clothes shops who insist on a sale at 6am on Stephens day. Those are the kinda shops that should be boycotted in my opinion (but instead they're flooded with people cos you might save a tenner on that top you don't really want!).

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 20-12-2015 7:16pm

Not only would I not use it on Christmas Day, I wouldn't use it any other day either.

jamesbere · 20-12-2015 7:16pm

DexysGrl wrote: »

No and I would boycott any shop that tried that!

Burn down their shop. That'll show them

Agricola · 20-12-2015 7:19pm

No and Im not in any way religious either. Theres plenty of shopping to be had on Xmas eve and Stephen's Day if the notion takes you. If I needed to get away from the house for a bit, or was alone, a walk around a completely empty town center for a while would be nice. But Id rather just be at home having a blu ray film marathon.

AppleBottle · 20-12-2015 7:24pm

I wouldn't go out shopping on Christmas Day. I probably wouldn't like to work Christmas Day either but if I was asked and say work needed to cover people who had the likes of young children I would cover from them.

The_Valeyard · 20-12-2015 7:24pm

Not a chance.

Iwasfrozen · 20-12-2015 7:29pm

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

if shops restaurants and other establishments were open on Christmas Day (say they just done Sunday opening hours) - would you go to them?

If you worked in one of these shops or establishments and there was an offer to work on Christmas day (for Double or triple time) would you work on Christmas day?

fair enough Christmas is a time for families or people to have a break but what if your alone and you want to go out on Christmas day for a bit of company or do some shopping or just want to eat out (at not extortionate prices) theres not a lot open so your stuffed! <pun intended>

Yep. Christmas day is boring. Shops should be open.

mickoneill31 · 20-12-2015 7:31pm

No, I wouldn't go shopping.

But I would and have used other services. I was in Australia during Christmas a few years ago and restaurants were open. So I went there for Christmas dinner with a few mates.

ceadaoin. · 20-12-2015 7:39pm

Most shops are open where I live. I'm still in the mindset of everywhere being closed for the day though so I make sure I have everything so I don't have to go out.

At least I know I can get some emergency booze if needed

biko · 20-12-2015 7:44pm

Probably not. Shops are often open in UK where there's Pakistanis and Chinese operating them.

AndyBoBandy · 20-12-2015 7:47pm

I've often nipped up to my local garage on a Christmas Day for the odd bits

I also know of a pharmacy that's open on Christmas Day, very handy indeed.

libelula · 20-12-2015 8:12pm

Iwasfrozen wrote: »

Yep. Christmas day is boring. Shops should be open.

So people should be forced to work on Christmas Day just to entertain you?

Sound.

Sierra 117 · 20-12-2015 8:25pm

No, I wouldn't shop. I'd have no need to.

Richard Hillman · 20-12-2015 8:29pm

Does going to the pub count as shopping?

desbrook · 20-12-2015 8:33pm

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Does going to the pub count as shopping?

Depends on the Garda and his humour. ..

MilesMorales1 · 20-12-2015 8:37pm

Nip down to tesco. Not like going into town or whatever.

RobbingBandit · 20-12-2015 8:40pm

Yes same with Easter Sunday it's just another day to me tbh.

Sunflower 27 · 20-12-2015 8:42pm

Who cares if they open. Boycott them, how ridiculous. Lol

Iwasfrozen · 20-12-2015 8:48pm

libelula wrote: »

So people should be forced to work on Christmas Day just to entertain you?

Sound.

Where did I say anyone should be forced?

But there's no point having a day off at xmas if everything is shut. We need to move away from the tradition of shutting business every feast day.

CelticRambler · 20-12-2015 8:50pm

I went shopping today (Sunday opening - a novelty for France ... hardly anyone in the shop!) and hope that I won't have to set foot in one till next year, so it'd make no difference whether they were open on Christmas Day or not ...

I'm sure I'll spend some of it on th'Internet though.

KERSPLAT! · 20-12-2015 8:55pm

Our local shop opens for an hour or two on Christmas morning, I assume so people can get fresh bread, rolls and whatever other bits and pieces for the dinner

Badly Drunk Boy · 20-12-2015 9:13pm

I wouldn't. Most homes are fairly well stocked at this time of the year, and most people realise that stuff won't be easy to get so planning is possible. Today isn't Christmas Day, and I still didn't get the urge to go to the shop. In fact, I haven't left the house or even spoken to another person.

I liked today.

iguana · 20-12-2015 9:32pm

libelula wrote: »

So people should be forced to work on Christmas Day just to entertain you?

Sound.

Not everyone celebrates Christmas. In London a lot of shops open and are staffed/owned almost exclusively by people of Muslim/Hindu/Sikh backgrounds. Should they be forced not to work because it's a holiday for us?

PARlance · 20-12-2015 9:39pm

KERSPLAT! wrote: »

Our local shop opens for an hour or two on Christmas morning, I assume so people can get fresh bread, rolls and whatever other bits and pieces for the dinner

The bread would be just as fresh the day before. There aren't any deliveries on Christmas Day. I grew up in a small local shop, Christmas Day and NYD were the two days the shop closed... we used to get 5 or 6 callers throughout the day, not one of them would be a regular. After a few years we saw sense and stopped answering the door. Cigarettes were the main request.

Fleawuss · 20-12-2015 10:04pm

Shutting down for religious festivals has at last been recognized as bizarre. Which is not to say that there shouldn't be a day like Dec 25th when people can step back from routine. I wouldn't go shopping but then I sometimes go 2 or 3 days without going shopping even for bread etc.

It's ridiculous to claim that people who would haven't much goodness. Some of the people who would have promoted and enforced the day as a religious feast in the past showed depths of depravity in exposing kids to repeated abuse so observance of the day is no guarantee of goodness.

I think any day you spend well with those you love is a great day.

rubadub · 20-12-2015 10:29pm

Several people have said/claimed they would boycott them, and lots of thanks for those posts.

Maybe people should start listing places that do open, to help these people can live up to their boycott claims.

Statoil are open on christmas day, or have in the past. That's the place I said my friends brother willingly worked, and was glad of it. There is one you can avoid like the plague from now on.

Any more places to add to peoples lists?

Or maybe petrol stations restaurants & hotels are somehow "different" :rolleyes:

Spanish Eyes · 20-12-2015 10:36pm

The garage (ESSO or whatever it's feckin called now, they change names like the wind.) near me
is open EVERY day including Christmas Day. Handy if my maiden auntie has run out of fags, or the milk is spilt on top of the dog or something.

Otherwise a definite NO from me.

For now at least, let us keep Christmas a shop free day. It is a Bus free and Train free day already. Long may it last that some things stop.

brightspark · 20-12-2015 10:42pm

Never mind Christmas Day, I'd love to go back to the time when most shops didn't open on Sunday's. Not for any religious reasons, just that I believe that there is no real need and it would be better if more people could spend time with their families.

There is no reason why we can't buy what we need on the other days of the week/year.

Of course I do realise that some people must work, such as nurses, emergency services, some essential services such as ESB etc., and perhaps chemists and petrol stations could open for just a few hours.

The Randy Riverbeast · 20-12-2015 10:48pm

I wouldnt go shopping myself but I'm not a twat so have no interest in preventing other people going shopping.

SMJSF · 20-12-2015 10:53pm

I would.
I've been soooo bored on xmas day and it would be nice to have a look around while it's quite and to waste a few hours if your not entertaining or expecting/going to see anyone.

brightspark · 20-12-2015 10:58pm

SMJSF wrote: »

I would.
I've been soooo bored on xmas day and it would be nice to have a look around while it's quite and to waste a few hours if your not entertaining or expecting/going to see anyone.

Would you prefer to be at work instead of being bored?

Spanish Eyes · 20-12-2015 11:09pm

SMJSF wrote: »

I would.
I've been soooo bored on xmas day and it would be nice to have a look around while it's quite and to waste a few hours if your not entertaining or expecting/going to see anyone.

Those who have to work to solve your boredom might be a tad p"ssed off that they have to cater to your whims!

Knit a jumper or do a crossword or surf the net, the possibilities are endless to avoid boredom and they do not involve having someone else give up their day for YOU!!

Happy Christmas anyway my friend.

20-12-2015 11:10pm

Sunflower 27 wrote: »

Who cares if they open

The people that work there.

They can't be at home with their families or such if their employer decides to open. It's selfish.

siblers · 20-12-2015 11:12pm

I wish shops stayed closed on Stephen's day too, staff going into work at like 6 or 7am to prepare for sales because customers have to go get a bargin on things that they don't even really need or want. Staff at Next have to go in at around 5 am, which is a load of ****.

Chocolate girl · 20-12-2015 11:17pm

siblers wrote: »

I wish shops stayed closed on Stephen's day too, staff going into work at like 6 or 7am to prepare for sales because customers have to go get a bargin on things that they don't even really need or want. Staff at Next have to go in at around 5 am, which is a load of ****.

Totally agree I used to work in retail we were told if no volunteers worked we had to do Stephens Day if it was our working day. So unfair as mostly worked Christmas Eve also. If people choose to work that's fine but not fair if you don't want to do it. Surely shops can close for a couple of days.

YFlyer · 20-12-2015 11:21pm

Yes. It would save me from panic buying gifts on Christmas Eve.

timthumbni · 20-12-2015 11:21pm

I wouldn't bother shopping on Xmas day, just the same as I wouldn't bother shopping on any other day. Shopping is for the girls. I actually feel sick in busy shops so I don't bother with them. My wee girls love that sort of crap though. Give me a quiet bar with a newspaper and they can shop all day.

Sh1tbag OToole · 20-12-2015 11:21pm

All the shops should be closed from the 23rd of December until the 2nd of January. Feck this consumerism nonsense, havn't we had enough fecking shopping foisted upon us since before Halloween?

Spanish Eyes · 20-12-2015 11:31pm

SMJSF wrote: »

I would.
I've been soooo bored on xmas day and it would be nice to have a look around while it's quite and to waste a few hours if your not entertaining or expecting/going to see anyone.

If you are alone on Christmas Day and it is sad for you, I am sorry about that. But not the end of the world either, unless you are alone because you have lost someone, or are away and cannot see anyone.

It is only one day, and so many expectations are raised for that ONE DAY, that I think it can cause ructions. If you let it.

12 hours later all is restored.

But my sympathies to you if you are totally alone and sad. Hate to think of that.

Still, as I said, it is just one day. Best wishes.

P_1 · 20-12-2015 11:34pm

If it's the owner opening up and working away then yes. If it's people being paid a pittance while the owners enjoy things in their ivory towers then no

Patty O Furniture · 21-12-2015 12:37am

mickoneill31 wrote: »

No, I wouldn't go shopping.

But I would and have used other services. I was in Australia during Christmas a few years ago and restaurants were open. So I went there for Christmas dinner with a few mates.

I heard Kylie on Graham Norton say Australia doesn't really do the Christmas celebration with Turkey's, although some may say she's sang a few:p

As she said it's all bikinis & shorts at the barbecue as its very mild weather, ironically i heard today that there's an island called Christmas Island in OZ:P

But a lot of shops near me are closed, as i see the festive opening hours, afaik in the next town the statoil station is family run with a cafe maybe open for a limited time.

I do like the idea of shops closed for the one day, as last year when working up an appetite for the dinner walking the dog around & no traffic on the road except for other people walking their dogs,

So it's nice to get that once in a while, especially the week leading up to it when everyone 's in a rush.

Manach · 21-12-2015 12:40am

No, for the staff of any shop should have all least one day in this modern Ireland where all the family can potientally be together.

Ally Dick · 21-12-2015 12:45am

I tend to get a serious craving for savoury food on Christmas Day for some reason, so I have to have lots of crisps and Pringles on hand....if there was a chip shop open, I'd be there front row centre....

Stheno · 21-12-2015 12:49am

I used work in tech support in the nineties, and worked every Christmas Day for a few years, even did NYE 1999

Was a pain in the ass not having shops open, I'm sure health, public order workers etc feel the same.

Not shopping shops but convenience stores.

if shops were open Christmas day would you go shopping?

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