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What's stopping anyone from staying with their family one or two weeks after Christmas? What's up with this fixation people have with arbitrary dates for celeb

• neoberg 5y ago
  Because those "arbitrary" dates are agreed on by many. So everyone can leave their works on the same day and gather together.
  • pksebben 5y ago
    that may be, but I'm totally on board with staggered, a la carte breaks. Esp. considering how many work in places that are mission-critical (or service industry) and don't take the same time off. Moreover, I find (for myself) very little celebratable about a time of year that : - it's more expensive to fly during - revolves around buying, just, stuff. Viva la holiday revolucion. Let's all pick times that work for us and our loved ones and get off the monoculture train.
    • piva00 5y ago
      My employer has a pretty good policy for that: you can bank any holiday, work on it and take the date later as you wish. It's great for other religions, non-religious people, etc., you can choose to re-use any holiday as you wish. Would that be a part of your holiday revolución? :P
      • pksebben 5y ago
        Hells yeah it would! That's really great - it adds flexibility while not clobbering what other people value. What an elegant solution.
• twicetwice 5y ago
  It's a Schelling point.
• ido 5y ago
  Kids have time off school on Christmas and not two weeks later. And all their friends share a particular experience for the holidays and they will be the only ones not to have that. If you’re not a parent it may not be as big a deal to not be there on major holidays.