To the Editor:

In response to “Retail Workers Not Only Ones Who Work Holidays,” I must say there is a big difference in working retail on Christmas Day and working for the medical fields and law enforcement on Christmas.

Medical personnel have to work on Christmas day due to those who are sick or have been hurt or have to have emergency surgery or whom need their IV bags changed, whom may need their machines they are hooked to monitored or to be fixed or to feed those who are in there or have their beds changed.

The list of possibilities goes on and on why they have to be open. The same goes for nursing homes. Somebody has to be there to take care of the resident.

As for law enforcement, they have to work the holiday because there are a lot of people who drink and drive. Sometimes they have to go to homes for family feuds or for other reasons that may occur. Those two fields can't be avoided on the holidays, people need them to save their lives of their loved ones or themselves.

To me they are heroes to all of us. I am thankful for each and everyone of them...not just on Christmas, but everyday. As for retail being open on Christmas. What important reason do they have to be open on Christmas? Are they saving a life like medical workers do? Are they protecting the community from drunk drivers, speeders, or whatever reason in need of the law enforcement shall assist? No.

Retail is open on Christmas to sell products that should of been purchased ahead of time or for those who think there is going to be a sale which no retail has a sale on Christmas. People have plenty of time to stock up on what they need.

As for profit being made for being open Christmas. By the time they pay their employees to be there, lights, and other cost to be open subtracted from what was brought in for the day…is it really worth that little bit of profit in the end?

Is it really worth them losing out being with their families? Christmas is about being with family and for those who go to church to celebrate Christ.

Shelly Wilson

Massena