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Yes it is. It's Christmas Eve. It's marked on calendars, etc etc. December 26 is a holiday as well.
I think the confusion is that most posters are located in the United States of America where the holiday is DECEMBER 25th. Just because something is printed on a calendar does not make it an actual holiday. The calendar shows today as Louisiana Constitution day, so why aren't we getting yesterday, today and tomorrow off?
Blah blah blah. Christmastime isn't about employers.
So you would be fine if all non essential services were closed for the last two weeks of December? No grocery stores, retail, gas stations, restaurants, etc?
I'm going to go out on a limb and say what you want for yourself you probably don't want for everyone else.
So, the people who are voting for December 23 and earlier have no plans to stop in a supermarket, eat fast food, shop for last minute Christmas presents, gas up the car, go to the hospital, go to the movies, stop at a pharmacy, call the police, receive packages, stop a a coffee place, ride a train/bus/cab, go to a concert/play, etc., because the people who do that kind of work should all get days off before the actual holiday?
Nobody on this thread said that they don't like to work. We are just saying that we want to be able to spend the holidays with family, and need some time to relax and enjoy ourselves. If we give our employers 51 weeks a year, the least they can do is give us 1 week back.
So you would be fine if all non essential services were closed for the last two weeks of December? No grocery stores, retail, gas stations, restaurants, etc?
I'm going to go out on a limb and say what you want for yourself you probably don't want for everyone else.
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Originally Posted by LauraC
So, the people who are voting for December 23 and earlier have no plans to stop in a supermarket, eat fast food, shop for last minute Christmas presents, gas up the car, go to the hospital, go to the movies, stop at a pharmacy, call the police, receive packages, stop a a coffee place, ride a train/bus/cab, go to a concert/play, etc., because the people who do that kind of work should all get days off before the actual holiday?
I think the OP was referring to white collar office jobs that don't involve dealing with the public directly.
You make the faulty assumption that everyone is Christian and celebrates Christmas.
Those who don't care about Christmas can be part of the skeleton crew that works that week, and then get time off for another week of your choosing, and the employer should not be allowed to penalize you or dump an impossible amount of work on you before or after your week off.
It's very nice to have time off around important holidays and family gatherings, such as Christmas, weddings, and the like. I generally am able to get vacation time around Christmas, although the exact dates vary depending on our family plans.
That said, I don't really think we should be having the government mandating when people get holidays and so forth.
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