Open for Christmas?

On the afternoon of Christmas Day, we decided to drive to downtown Park City to check things out, go shopping and browse around.

It was kind of snowing and we took two cars. Since I was assuming that the place would be mobbed, I thought I’d beat my son to a great parking spot.

When we got there however, the place was eerily empty. We were almost the sole visitors and realized quickly that more than 90% of the businesses were shut down for the afternoon.

This wasn’t the case in years past as most business were busy, making tons of money on that family Holiday. Not this year.

As to what could have been causing the decision by small businesses to shut down their places, we were at loss to explain. We came to the conclusion this was a problem tied to their staffing.

What else could it be?