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Christmas In The Good Old Days
When I started work most people had two days off for Christmas, Christmas Day and Boxing (or Monday and Tuesday if it fell on the weekend). No day off for New Year's Day either. Now it seems to be a 10 - 14 day feast for many people.
We didn't have a fridge or freezer so the meat, milk, cream had to be bought on Christmas Eve - very long queues outside the butcher's.
Do you think Christmas today lasts too long?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I remember couple of days before Christmas office Christmas party, Christmas eve ( or last working day Office lunch in local pub restaurant and sneak off as early as possible. Back next working day after boxing day, possibly leave early New years eve.
When nursing .... Start run of 5 night shifts Christmas Eve, days off, then agency nights New years Eve and New years day, ( if New years day was a Friday then try for nights over the weekend. Earn extra, avoid family events, and the hospital paid for taxi transport Christmas day and boxing day. Those with No children generally worked the holiday and there were a group of us who really enjoyed working together.
When nursing .... Start run of 5 night shifts Christmas Eve, days off, then agency nights New years Eve and New years day,
yeah when I was in the childrens sector, the admin ( doctors) demanded to run lists between christmas and new year and no one turned up. - it showed how efficient the administrators were apparently.
Christmas certainly starts too early, but there are far more people than you think who only have a day or so off work at Christmas. My whole working life was spent in an industry where no leave was permitted in December. Then there's health workers, carers, retailers, hospitality workers, gritters, waste collectors, cinema and theatre staff, actors, farmers, police, fire service, bus drivers, shall I go on?
So who's left having the 10-14 day break? Oh of course, the suits!