On Fri, 7 Oct 2005 20:02:39 +0200, "tim \(moved to sweden\)"
wrote:

IME most people have 2 weeks off at Xmas because their
employer gives them no choice.

Most people I know don't. I think it depends on the industry, and MX
is that more and more companies not in the manufacturing industry do
not have a factory shutdown at Christmas - but the exact opposite in
that they won't *allow* everyone to be off then!

And most people take 2 (or more) weeks holiday in the
summer/easter when the kids are off school.

Only if you have kids. The rest of us who don't avoid those times
like the plague.

I guess if you work in retail (or hospitality) it's different, but
I would be suprised if almost every one else didn't fit the above.

Banking (OK, almost retail), anything that involves call centres and
IT to name but three. Service industries in general do not have
long-term shutdowns. People expect all-year service (except in many
but not all cases 25/12) these days.

Things do vary from country to country, of course. YM (in Sweden) MV,
if your from address is anything to go by!

Neil

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