Who Works During the Holidays?

Posted by Cliff on Tuesday December 25, 2001 @11:57AM from the workaholics-anonymous dept.

While sitting here at my computer, plugging away at tending the bin, I started wondering who else might be hard at work, instead of enjoying what most in the world (especially in America) would consider "the Holidays". I've stumbled into working this season for the second year in a row, and I find myself not bothered much by it at all. If you had asked me even 5 years ago if I would give up my Christmas vacation for work, I would have laughed and answered with a resounding "No!". Have any of you fallen into similar behavior? As an aside, what Holidays do many of you find yourselves working, whether it be Christmas, Thanksgiving, or some other Holiday, what drives you to work when others are enjoying their time off?

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Seperation of Church and State by smirnov · 2001-12-25 13:25 · Score: 0, Flamebait

The fact that Christmas is a national holiday is a violation of the seperation of Church & State, IMHO. I would much prefer that everybody was given a 'floater' day off, which you could use for whatever holiday you celebrate (Jewish holidays suck up as many as 13 vacation days some years (no, I do not get 13 vacation days)).

Yes, I worked on Dec. 25. Being Jewish, it was just another Tuesday.