@uc9
But that doesn’t explain why non-Christian stores are closed. I mean, why?
You know how many people suddenly “come down with the flu” whenever there’s a holiday or such? People have a nasty habit of not wanting to take their vacation days off for religious holidays.
“I can’t COUGH come into work today. cough cough I have the flu cough”
Better to just close down for the day than to only have half of your workers come in.
Urgh, sounds so dumb.
I would never do that. Sure, I’ve taken religious holidays before, even those not of my religion, but it sounds so dumb to do it intentionally.
In Malaysia, shopkeepers and such like to work on holidays because more people come out and that generates more profit. God, and I thought Europeans weren’t lazy.