Who is working Christmas Day?

[dieselcrawler]

I'll be working... on putting together all the stuff the spoiled youngins are getting.

Im lucky enough to be scheduled so that when I left work Thursday evening, I don't have to go back til next Friday morning. And Christmas eve and day are paid holidays.

 

[dragoneggs]

I'll be working... on putting together all the stuff the spoiled youngins are getting.

Im lucky enough to be scheduled so that when I left work Thursday evening, I don't have to go back til next Friday morning. And Christmas eve and day are paid holidays.

I hear that! Grandpas are good at that! Now I just need some boys... although my granddaughters are not shy about getting dirty, or fishing, or shrimping! So if grandsons don't come, I will be alright. :drink:

 

[Birdhunter1]

I’ll be on duty from 3 pm to 11 pm Christmas Day, control center for a few billion dollars worth of government infrastructure.

 

[check]

A friend and nurse worked all holidays and managed to exceed the 100K limit here in Canada.

Gee, is that a lot of money?

 

[Diggin It]

Usta work'em all.
Now I don't work at all.

 

[Gunny]

I worked numerous Christmas days before I retired - usually overseas, but several times right here in the states, depended on my duty assignment at the time. My wife has worked Christmas nights since she became a supervisor so that some of her people can have the night off. I have to admit that I'm probably the reason for that since I did the same for my guys while I was in the service.
We'll do Christmas Eve with the kids and grandchildren, then sleep late on Christmas day.

Guess I'll just put a rear end in a recliner the rest of the day.

 

[Sigarms]

Before I moved to NC, worked EVERY Christmas day under the sun on December 25th, and generally could make it work to my advantage per taking off down the road going into next year.

On of the few advantages of growing up Russian Orthodox and celebrating Christmas on January 7th:laughing:

 

[Newtocvt]

I have worked more Christmas days in my adult life than I have been off. However, I now have some seniority so I am off this year.

 

[Bird]

I'll never forget the FIRST time I was scheduled to be off Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. I was a sergeant in a burglary and theft unit and Christmas Eve morning, about 8 a.m., my lieutenant called to tell me that one of my detectives needed my help. A young man (AWOL from the army) had been arrested in a stolen car the night before. His aunt, a well known Dallas attorney, had been called, and I later learned that she went to visit him, told him she loved him, and that she'd try to get him off as lightly as possible and back in the army, but "first you're going to clear up all your business and tell the officers EVERYTHING or I'm going to bounce your head off the walls." Now this was an old gal who looked like she could go bear huntin' with a switch, and the boy knew she meant it.:laughing: So we drove around with him pointing out the homes he and his friends had burglarized, the homes where we'd find the stolen property, etc. So of course I had to get some search warrants. I got a city pickup truck, got a couple of trustees out of the jail to help, loaded up the stolen property we recovered, etc. (two or three truck loads) Needless to say, it was after midnight and more than 12 hours before I was able to go home just before the kids got up Christmas morning. And that was the last Christmas that I worked.:laughing:

 

[lpigott]

I'm working, and do every other year of each major holiday. Just how it works out working a 28 day on 28 day off overseas rotation. I will be home for New Years and still off when everyone else is back on the grind. Could not imagine working a 5 and 2 job.