One and a half shopping days

It’s the Saturday 22nd December and with three days until Christmas the markets are shut this morning. “Umuganda”, the monthly Saturday morning of community work, has been brought forward by a week, apparently so that the country will look good for Christmas. The plan is that people will work today on tidying the roads and the verges.
I found this out, along with most of the population, just yesterday afternoon, although in typical Rwandan style I had previously heard a rumour. A man with a loudspeaker was wandering the streets of Kamambe making the announcement.
I’m trying to think of Glasgow city centre being shut 3 days before Christmas so that everyone can do community work, but it’s a step too far for my powers of imagination!