I don't think that means what you think it means...

The girls and I were sitting in line at the drive-thru this evening picking up some dinner after a visit with Santa (1. yes, a shining mother of the year moment and 2. the girls are convinced that we saw the REAL Santa at Ella's school)when Emily started reading signs on the window. The conversation went a little something like this:

Emily: Did you see the store hours Mommy? They are not open on Thanksgiving.

Me: Thanksgiving is over Emily.

Emily: Did you see the hours for Christmas Eve? I think it said they will be open until 6pm!

Me: okay Em.

Emily: Did you see the store hours for Christmas? Will they be open? You drove away before I could read it.

Me: I didn't see it.

Emily: Mommy, I think it said the will be CLOSED on Christmas!

Me: okay.

Emily: CLOSED! Mommy, they won't be open!!!

(at this point I pulled up to the window to pay)

Emily: Mommy, ask her if I read it right, ask if they will be CLOSED! that is what the sign said, I think, CLOSED!

Me: no, I'm not going to ask her...they are busy.

Emily: Mommy, I NEED to know if they will be open!

(she was getting that OCD panic in her voice, so I asked)

Me: no Em, they won't be open ... they will be CLOSED.

Emily: I thought that places were open on Christmas.

Me: not here. most people here celebrate Christmas so most stuff shuts down. If you celebrate Christmas, it's not fun to work on it...I used to when I worked at the phone company.

Emily: but Mommy, I thought some stuff was open on Christmas.

Me: some, but not most.

Emily: I thought all important stuff would be open, like police, fire, the ambulance drivers place, Wal-Mart & McDonald's...all the emergency stuff. I wonder who else will be closed.

Apparently, Emily hasn't a clue what an emergency is :)