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It's Family Time!!!!!
How many of you went to the movies on Christmas Day? I have always boycotted the movies and other nonessential businesses on Christmas Day as I feel it is a day to enjoy family or stay at home and relish not going anywhere. By patronizing these businesses, it makes people have to go to work (most at $8.00 an hr) and miss one of the most important things in life--spending time visiting relatives and family. And I am not speaking from a religious point of view as I don't believe in organized religion. Why on earth would you go to the movies on Christmas Day?
39 comments from 20 users
posted by
gube
on Dec 27, 2007 at 08:00 AM
Why in the world would i go to the movies on Christmas day.....I don't know maybe to watch a movie. To many Christmas is just another day. I have never gone to a movie on Christmas but i don't see a problem with the movies being open on Christmas. I'm sure the employees where paid holiday pay.
posted by
Colitas
on Dec 27, 2007 at 08:28 AM
It has never occurred to me to go anywhere much less to the Movies on Christmas. It's about family. Now if one of my kids were staring in a Broadway play or something like that and it opened on Christmas day then I would go. =)
posted by
Smokey
on Dec 27, 2007 at 09:19 AM
People have different Christmas traditions, for some it may be going to a movie. I really don't see anything wrong with that. I spent many years working in a hospital and there were always more than enough people willing to sacrifice half of thier day to get holiday pay. Alot of people celebrate differently, some on Christmas eve etc for all you know the people working could just have plans for Christmas that didnt start until 4pm and wanted to work to make some extra cash in the morning. I never felt like I was missing one of the most important things in life by not arriving at the Christmas festivities until supper time. It's just the way it goes. I am sure no-one was working there against thier will. Realistically, there are alot of people that have to work crappy jobs Christmas day whether it be working at a movie, gas station, Jack in the Box, etc. For some people that do not have family close by, going to work is the best Christmas gift they get becuase instead of being at home alone they get to socialize and share the spirit of Christmas with others. Working on Christmas Day isn't always a bad thing for everybody. posted by
Colitas
on Dec 27, 2007 at 09:29 AM
No offense Smokey but working at a hospital is a Little different from going to the movies. But yes there are many jobs out there that people have to work no matter what day it is. But most of them are not if the person chooses to. I've worked many jobs that it wasn't a "want to work for extra money" situation. But I do appreciate the ones who work on Christmas or any other big holiday whether they want to or not. The world can't stop for a holiday....but I don't see why someone needs to not spend their time with family if they wanted to so someone else can get a Jumbo Jack. Just my opinion. posted by
Colitas
on Dec 27, 2007 at 10:02 AM
Very true, I also know a lot of people that celebrate on Christmas Eve. Sorry Smokey, I must have read that wrong. Yeah, not everyone that works on a holiday "has" to, but trust me alot of the lower level jobs, like retail, or minimum wage jobs don't have a choice if they want to keep their jobs or even the ones who don't get many hours before but are offered them now, that's not much of a choice. But yes, everyone celebrates differently or don't at all. I just know I wouldn't want to put someone out on a holiday. I have seen kids come into the mother's working establishment just to spend time together on Christmas. I don't that is a choice. Like I said, there are some professions that there isn't a choice. You know you can't tell a baby don't be born because it's Christmas day....but there are some establishments in my opinion shouldn't be open.
posted by
LuvMyKatz
on Dec 27, 2007 at 10:11 AM
I don't know about movies but Christmas Eve and Christmas day are the best days of the year to go to an amusement park. Whenever we do go to one there are no lines so you get the most for your buck we are still going as a family so I have to agree with the others we all celebrate it differently. Maybe I will try the movies next year. posted by
Joty
on Dec 27, 2007 at 10:24 AM
Not everyone celebrates Christmas! Why should a Jewish employee be forced to take a day off if they want to work? Same for all the other non-Christian religions. Same for people who have no family and want to be around people. How is going to the movies on Christmas Day with the family not spending family time? Family time doesn't just exist at home on holidays. The theaters are usually less crowded and therefore more enjoyable, just like the amusement parks. posted by
jewels
on Dec 27, 2007 at 10:40 AM
oooooooooooooooo.....dont get joty started...:)
posted by
Colitas
on Dec 27, 2007 at 10:54 AM
You are absolutely right.....so to solve this problem how about establishments only work non-practicing people to work on those days. Does anyone think that would fly? No. Because it wouldn't be enough. But it goes both ways....if a person celebrates than they shouldn't have to work or be punished if they refuse. And yes family time is different for everyone...technically if my whole family, kids included, go to Vegas and the adults play and get drunk while the kids play video games and be ignored except to ask for more money, then that is quality family time because the whole is together. Even better lets all go and walk down the strip holding hands and seeing the prostitutes and other colorful people and make a night of it. It's family time. Or even better lets go visit Uncle Tom and have him get drunk and act inappropriately and maybe even get some extra "love" from him because hell it's "Family Time". But everyone chooses to spend their "Family" time in their own way. It was my choice to work while I had someone else watch my kids. Some else to see their faces Christmas morning. But at least I can see it on video maybe. We all can sit in front of the TV and spend Family time watching what I or my husband "Choose" to miss. No, not my definition of family time. But for some maybe. So again, lets have everybody have a choice on whether to work or not, and then I'll sell you some beach front property in Colorado.
posted by
madkow2747
on Dec 27, 2007 at 11:00 AM
I don't understand why anyone would want to go to a movie theater ever! They're dirty nasty smelly death-traps where you're surrounded by dirty nasty people- or even worse loud, hyper children! And I haven't been in the theater up here but it looks like a really old building and really old buildings smell like rust which is the worst smell in the world!
posted by
Colitas
on Dec 27, 2007 at 11:13 AM
Come on, everyone knows what day Christmas is. Whether you celebrate it or not. Just because you are Jewish doesn't mean that all need to not celebrate what they do to cater to you. And vise verse. So this can become redundant. I don't walk into a Mexican restaurant and start complaining because I can not get a good lasagna. I knew this when I walked in. People know that Christmas is a big holiday for alot of people even though it might be celebrated differently. There are alot of things I choose not to do or participate in, but I don't expect others who do to cater to me.
posted by
Colitas
on Dec 27, 2007 at 11:18 AM
Now, now madkow, you should talke yourself out from this conversation...with your phobia and all...lol.
posted by
bunee
on Dec 27, 2007 at 11:45 AM
Hey guys, I think everyone has their own opinion about Christmas and what it means to them. Some people don't celebrateChristmas and some do. I celebrate Christmas and believe that it's a special time to acknowledge Christ's birth, and time to spend with family. I know that I reflect on the past year and am very thankful for my family and friends. I get the "Christmas Blues" this time of year too. I don't know why, but I do. After the kids get up in the morning and open gifts, they stay busy playing, and then it begins to feel like any other day. I have to admit, I thought about going to the movies but wasn't sure if the theater was open! Shame on me. he he! And....I can't wait for the new year to be here so life will go back to normal again. bah hum bug. I've gotta whole bag of mixed emotions during the holidays just as I'm sure many of you do as well. Mad cow, I'm with you on the "phobia" about nasty, dirty places! My brother is a deputy in Lancaster...A few years back there was a rape that occurred in the Palmdale Movie theater. In their search for the suspect, the deputies sprayed Luminol (it's a chemical that makes bodily fluids glow in the dark) from the middle of theater to the back hoping to find the suspects sperm and match it to someone.... Well, to make the story short....after the lights went out, the whole theater lit up. I know...IT'S DISGUSTING! So, Remember to Take Your Lysol Wipes when going to your local theater. posted by
madkow2747
on Dec 27, 2007 at 11:53 AM
Haha Colitas! I know- I let my phobias get the best of me sometimes :(Didn't there used to be some kind of thing where nothing was open on Sundays? Blue something? I remember my mom telling me about it. I suppose they were religious people trying to enforce the day of rest, but they're gone now. That's kinda how I see a theater being open on Christmas- if that makes any sense. posted by
madkow2747
on Dec 27, 2007 at 12:00 PM
OMG Bunee! Yes, I remember that! Poor little girl! And ewwwwww nastiness everywhere!! See?! It's not an irrational fear! Lol! |
