1.   Christmas, she noticed, was honored more strictly in large towns than in villages, where some shops stayed open and some churches stayed shut.

2.   In the center of Rome, some shops now stay open even at lunchtime.

3.   So small shops stay alive even though their sales are less than a quarter of those of their counterparts in the United States.

4.   This barber shop stayed closed a little past Monday.

5.   Other shops stayed open.

6.   In south-coast Jacmel, about half the schools were closed but most shops stayed open.

7.   Liquor shops had stayed opened late so celebrants could stock up on cider and beer.

8.   Many shops stayed closed as merchants feared fresh attacks.

9.   Many shops stayed open late.

10.   Since then business has boomed in Punjab, shops stay open until late in the evening and the highways are once more safe for long-distance night buses.