It applies to Diwali too....

Jim, the amazing, has started this great movement against people having to work on Thanksgiving. He, very rightly, says that this malpractice continues because of us, the customers. If we as a group decide to boycott all shops and markets, the owners of these shops will not find it viable to keep their shutters up.
The same principle applies to Diwali. Shops selling sweets, gifts, lanterns, and other such Diwali related, or not related, stuff keep business running till quite late even on Diwali night. This means that their employees too keep working at a time when everybody is enjoying with their families.
Lets decide to not support businesses on a festival eve. In fact, lets ask all the neighboring shops in our respective areas, before hand, to give an early off to their workers. Every little change in the attitude of every single person will eventually change the society as a whole.