Do you get any extra time off work for the holidays?
By Laurel (L_B)
@Happy2BeMe (99380)
Canada
December 20, 2016 12:08pm CST
Friday is my last day and then I am off until January 3rd. I am looking forward to my 10 days off. Our company closes between Christmas and New Years. We all save some of our vacations days so that we can do that. It is a nice little break at such a busy time of year.
So do you get any time off over the holidays?
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@Tampa_girl7 (50261)
• United States
21 Dec 16
My husband lucked out and got the whole weekend off
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@owstalaga (4707)
• Philippines
31 Dec 16
Well I used to still go to work during the holidays. We get paid double. This year is different though since I have a different job, my holidays are free!!! 
I'm loving it! 
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
31 Dec 16
Oh good..I don't mind working if I am making double but I do prefer the paid time to stay home.
@zebra2222 (5268)
• United States
21 Dec 16
I'm off until Jan. 3 starting Friday. I work in the schools.
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
21 Dec 16
That is wonderful. Hope you enjoy every minute of your time off.
@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
22 Dec 16
Holidays means more work for me...no free time
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@jessicawiki (70)
• Shenzhen, China
22 Dec 16
Nice, you have 10 days off, from this year(2016) to next year-2017
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@youless (112497)
• Guangzhou, China
22 Dec 16
How nice it is for you to have 10 days off work. We don't get extra time off work for the holidays. Occasionally we will have one more extra day off work for the Chinese New Year. It is the biggest fetival here. And many people will have days off at that time and it means nothing for us to work anyway.
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@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
21 Dec 16
I am lucky I will get five days off. One thing I would really like to do is to have a good sleep but I doubt that will happen.
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@Mike197602 (15505)
• United Kingdom
20 Dec 16
No time off...it actually gets busier so we do more hours if anything.
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@teresatrotter (4073)
• Jacksonville, Florida
21 Dec 16
It has been a long while since I have worked for any company.
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@Gita17112016 (3611)
• Trinidad And Tobago
21 Dec 16
When I was a school teacher our vacation was tied to the children's holiday. The downside was that we could only planned to travel only at this time of the year. We couldn't take time off during the summer to travel.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
20 Dec 16
My husband always got the week between Christmas and New Years off from work, I usually had a day at Christmas and a day at New Year.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
20 Dec 16
I'm retired, but when I was working all I had off was either Christmas Day Or Boxing Day. I worked with animals so they still had to be cared for and exercised.
Nowadays most people (in normal jobs) don't seem to think it worth while going back to work until after New Year.
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
20 Dec 16
I know when we use to be opened there was very little business during that time
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
20 Dec 16
I do only because school is closed so nowhere to sub
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