[lilsunnybee]

Is it really worth not letting employees be with their families on Christmas so a forgetful dad doesn't have to wait an extra day to buy mp3 players for his children? Is cheap electronic shit really more important than allowing people to spend time with loved ones?

[jetti]

You know that not everybody observes or cares to celebrate Christmas right? When I worked at a movie theater I loved working Christmas because it was easy money and I didn't care about the holiday, I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels this way.

[rdl]

I love working on Christmas, since I don't really celebrate -- if I'm working, then other people don't have to, and I get paid a premium. The Christmas-New Years week is basically the most productive period in the world, followed closely by Burning Man week.

Thanksgiving, in the US, has more market penetration than Christmas. Yet, there's the huge Black Friday shopping thing, so stores pay people extra to set up on Thursday too.

[acchow]

Oh Black Friday.

"Only in America do you celebrate being thankful for everything you have on Thursday so you can go buy more shit on Friday" -Some wise netizen (a paraphrase).