Back in the Jurassic when I was a child...

[spinbaby]

We had a quiet Easter this year. Now that I’m vaccinated, I could have my son and grandson over for lunch and some playtime in the yard. The weather was beautiful and the neighbor’s landscaper was industriously mowing, clipping, and spraying. After son and grandson went home, I went out for a walk to and noticed an Amazon truck making deliveries.

When I grew up in the 50s and 60s, both landscaping and deliveries would have been unthinkable on Easter. Things were mostly shut down on Sundays and they were REALLY shut down for holidays such as Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Out in our little corner of western Pennsylvania, you could get gas at one station on major holidays and that was it. If you forgot to pick up something for dinner, it was too bad. I’m not particularly a religious person, but I do kind of like the idea of days where everything stops and everyone stays home.

[leftieNanner]

1. I grew up in the same era

In San Francisco. There was a little market called Eezy Freezy near our house and it was the ONLY thing open on holidays. So if you did forget something for your dinner, you could get it there. Super nice family ran it.

I like the idea of everything shutting down for holidays too. Our local grocery store here (no longer SF) is open 365 but they pay very nice overtime wages to the workers who choose to take on those shifts. And I appreciate their working for us those days.

[MiniMe]

2. Thanksgiving is never on a Sunday, it is always Thursday

[rzemanfl]

3. Yes, I saw the movie.

[dhol82]

4. Spin baby did not say that.

“Things were mostly shut down on Sundays and they were REALLY shut down for holidays such as Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.”

[spinbaby]

5. I did not say these holidays occurred on Sundays

The implication here is that that they were even more shut down than Sundays.

[niyad]

6. But there is also the fact that, in our 24/7 world, many people work holidays. Many people

work six days a week. And many people do not observe xian religious holidays. Should they be inconvenienced for what is, according to the latest polls, a minority viewpoint?