In reply to Flinticus:
> Whether you take 25 December off or 17 or 5 January, each holiday is equitable. All you are talking about is having simultaneous holidays, a different aspect than equitability.
> The desire to go climbing on, say, the 18 December and 'demanding' that people work then to meet your selfish need is no more or less selfish than the desire to go climbing on 25 December. I have also worked in catering before and what mattered, and matters, to me, is the amount of holidays I get and the flexibility I have with them.
> I would willingly work the 25 December in my job if I could. I have worked in catering before
Ah well, I see it slightly differently and like the large scale shutdown that only happens once a year. If we started opening leisure facilities up on Christmas day how should it be decided which staff have to work?
Meanwhile if you're desperate to work on Christmas day I'm sure that I can find something for you to do