Boxing week sale on, but close on boxing day!

My first Christmas alone in the Maritimes is actually not too bad. Church friends, local Chinese friends invited me for Christmas dinner and I actually had to reject some invitations.
I was hoping to get some bargain during the boxing week sales. Last year, when I was in Toronto over Christmas, I could even shop on the Christmas Day and shops were open for the crash of Boxing Day. In Moncton, however, only some gas stations, convenient stores and most Chinese restaurants were open on the Christmas Day. I had a hard time even getting a hot coffee.
I find it is strange to hear that Moncton shops are closed on Boxing Day, but it is even stranger to know shops are also closed on the 24th of December in Halifax. There is no Sunday shopping in Nova Scotia, but as an economist, this is not a very good policy to promote regional prosperity.
Some Christians oppose Sunday Shopping. I certainly understand the reason behind this is the day we celebrate the ascending of Jesus Christ. We are supposed to go worship on Sundays and not go shopping on Sundays. Frankly, I do not see a conflict between the two. Isn't it in the bible that Jesus tells the Samarian Lady that we shall worship anytime, anywhere in spirit and in truth? Let's think again, can we conclude Sunday shoppers are not Christ followers?

John 4:21-23
Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.