Well, this Chiratmas, I am hours away from home with my H, who has just had open heart surgery. For me, it’s not just the hospital staff, but everybody working to keep the hotel functioning who I consider essential, and I am grateful for any place that will be open on the holiday itself so I can find food, get gas for the car, pick up anything I’m told to bring for H.
It seems a bit silly to me to argue about whether or not businesses should or shouldn’t be open. Some are. Some aren’t.