Although Christmas fell on a Saturday this year… this is not always the case. When Christmas falls mid week folks have to work the other days… or they are forced to take annual leave. However, since these days are officially considered ‘normal’ working days someone has to go in and keep operations going.
As a Federal Employee, I am often confused by Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving, traditionally a four day weekend for most is merely a random Thursday off for us. A holiday declared by a President and specifically placed on a Thursday to give retailers Black Friday… to stimulate the economy and kick off the Christmas buying season… yet, federal employees are not given that day off.
Well… yeah… having worked the on holidays and the day after holidays many times… my friends over at Disney have captured the true spirit of a ‘productive' post holiday working day.
