A group of people want top high street shops from opening on Boxing Day.
One user named Ian Lapworth has so far received more than 100,000 signatures on his petition simply called ‘Stop shops opening on Boxing Day!’.
He writes: ‘Shops, especially supermarkets, do not need to open on Boxing Day.
‘Whilst not everyone may see Christmas as a religious holiday, it should be respected as such, and retail workers (who work so hard on the run up to the big day) given some decent family time to relax and enjoy the festivities like everyone else.
‘Most retail workers are on the go up to Christmas Eve, then back on Boxing Day. Sometimes they have no choice.
‘We managed 30 and 40 years ago…when shops were sometimes shut for a whole week.
‘Let’s get back to the way it was. Forget making money for one day, let’s concentrate on making more memories with the ones we love. ‘
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