Uberfluff

Americans work too much.  (And let me be clear here--by "Americans," I mean me and my friends, and by "work too much," I mean: "Have to go to work during the shortened Christmas and New Year's weeks.  And also the day after Easter.  And the day after the Fourth of July when it falls in the middle of the week.  And when I think about it, there just aren't nearly enough national holidays in general.")  Heck, my sister is a teacher, and she's generally busy with work stuff for a big part of the summer.  What the hell is that about?  I thought the whole point of being a teacher was the summer break.  (Oh, and the shaping young minds thing and improving society thing too--but mostly the break.)

Anyway, this is something I figure we could all stand to get a lot more European about.  (And by "European" I mean, "cavalier, lazy, and/or socialist").  Heck, no one really gets any work done between Christmas Eve and January 4th--well, except for retail and restaurant workers.  And we're already too consumerist and materialistic as a society anyway.  (Sorry restaurant workers--I still want to go out on New Year's Eve.)

So I think we should create a national holiday week (or so) between Christmas Eve and January 4th.  (We need the extra room to get over the New Year's Eve hangover and "mentally prepare" to get back to work.)  We can call it "The New Christmakwanakkah Solstice" or "The Festive Non-Denominational Winter Holidays" or even (in a stunning bit of un-PC realism) "The Christmas Season."  I mean really.  Even if you aren't Christian, are you going to refuse to take a vacation because of the name?  Where's your Christmas spirit?  (Note for the offended: that was a joke.  Irate emails will be shared with friends and then deleted.)

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