A couple of years ago, my dad had two jobs. He would work a morning shift as a supervisor at a fancy restaurant downtown and then go straight to his late night job at a retail store. My brothers and I would go days without seeing my dad, especially around Christmas time. One year, my dad had to work Christmas Eve night (which is when my family and I celebrate Christmas) and all day Christmas Day. It was hard for my dad because he missed another holiday because of his second job, but also hard because he couldn't see us open our gifts that he worked so hard for. Long days of working 24 hours straight and he couldn't even be home for the holidays.

So to the companies of retail stores: please close on Christmas Day. There are men and women who work countless hours and go through tons of labor and can't even spend the holidays with their families. Being closed one day out of the year won't hurt your corporation. Think about all of your employees who would kill to spend the holidays with their loved ones. These people work every single day just to make ends meet, I think they deserve one day off. It's hard to see my family split apart on the holidays, I know exactly how other families feel. So please, just close for one day.