No one is forcing anyone to leave their home today
She was telling me about the poor staff in Next - they were in at 4am this morning to prepare for the sale.
NEXT have been doing this for a few years though, not just this year.
I don't know if it was here or in the UK but I read about people queuing up since lunch-time on Christmas Day outside shops! That's madness.
I'd prefer the shops stayed shut but as long as no-one is forced to go in to work then it doesn't bother me, the worry is that while it may be voluntary this year, if it's successful enough maybe next year people will be expected to work whether they want to or not. Having said that, our water went off for for most of Christmas Day so we were very grateful to find a shop open to buy bottled water from!
I remember ,when I was a child, the days after Christmas were spent visiting relatives or having them over for tea and Christmas cake.
Visiting the relatives these days and seeing just how much STUFF children get is scary. Will it be possible for children to have any great memories when they get everything they want? And when every memory is of something physical. I think our children are now conditioned into the world of consumerism and materialism even before they can speak.
I am not exaggerating when I say that my nieces/nephews must have had close to a grand spent on each of them. Its madness.
Hopefully, you wen't ahead without him?I tried to introduce a summer/garden party type visit for family members and one person was having none of it.
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