Kokuto:
That was me too. Too many people, especially high energy children, can make me tired. Forget about the shopping crowds. O_O
Yes, most places are closed for Christmas ... but there are a few retail places that are open. But one nephew is in the military and has to work. The other is a nurse working at a hospital, plus he has a girlfriend, and will be visiting her family. Both live a few hours away, too.
Ah, yes! Retail, military and front-line health care still have to work. I was thinking about your office workers having to trudge to work on Christmas Day :-).
My mum is the one that wants to go shopping on Boxing Day. She's out of her mind :-), but I'll do my daughter-ly duty and drive her. Otherwise, she'd bound to crash into something given the crazy amount of cars at the mall.