Does Anybody Know What Days They Are Taking Off For Christmas?

[Blackcat31]

I am off December 22-January 3. Families were notified in January of this year.

My Christmas vacation varies every year but it is pre-planned almost a year in advance so families are well aware of what days I am closed.

[Angelwings36]

I am taking December 19th - December 30th as a paid holiday! I do it every year.

[VanessaEO]

I'm pregnant and due Thanksgiving, so I'm expecting to deliver at the beginning of December and I'll be taking two weeks off. Then I'll have full time help in home for another 2-4 weeks.

I'm not really sure what I'm planning for Christmas. I think I'll probably take the 26th, just to make sure that my house is back in order. But I might not. I'm already taking quite a bit of time off.

But then again - I'll probably need more breaks/time off than I normally would so maybe I will take the day.

Ugh. Add me to the "I don't know" list.

[snbauser]

I am closed the week between Christmas and New Years every year.....paid.

[erinalexmom]

I am oly closed on Christmas eve and christmas day (which of course fall on the weekend) but I am not sure the families will need me the friday and monday b4 and after. I have one that might because the mother is a nurse but of course I am sympathetic to that because I am a nurse too and I rememeber all those weekend and holiday hours. so I will help as I can if she needs me days before and after the actual holidays.

[momofsix]

My last day is fri Dec 17th and I start again on Jan 2nd, unpaid. We're going to Honduras to see my DD!!!!!! (I'm a little bit excited!)

[MarinaVanessa]

I've decided not to take any days off. I'll be spending christmas eve with my family and then spending christmas day with my DH's family. My family lives not too far from here and my DH's family lives less than 5 minutes away. Holidays aren't difficult and we don't have a long drive or stay up late so it's basically just like any other weekend for us so I don't feel the need to take any days off this year ... so far. If the location of Christmas Eve changes then I may take Friday off for a longer drive. Either way my daughter spends Christmas Day with her biological father so I have to be back in town by 9:00am Christmas morning.

[renodeb]

I take off x-mas eve, day and day after no matter where it falls on the callendar.

[MG&Lsmom]

I take off x-mas eve, day and day after no matter where it falls on the callendar.

Me too. Dec 24-26th off is in my contract. I have Christmas Eve dinner here with 30 people. I tell my parents that for the 2-3 days leading up to Christmas, toys will slowly start disappearing from the great room and we'll be cooking a lot! I usually send home little bits of what I'm serving all week long. And on the 23rd everyone goes home with a loaf of fresh baked banana, zucchini or pumpkin bread. Last year I sent home small loaf pans of baked ziti, spinach artichoke dip and a plate of cheese, pepperoni and crackers. That way the kids get to "help" with their parents' plates and non of my guests need to eat food prepared by sticky 2 year old hands.

[kendallina]

I have 3 weeks off and I already can't wait...!

[mema]

I'll be taking off the day after Christmas, the day before New Year's Eve, and the day after New Year's. Normally I take Christmas Day and New Year's Day, but this year we are in a wedding on New Year's Eve, so we will be having rehearsal that Friday. Most of the places around here are closed on the Monday's after as their holiday anyway, so it shouldn't inconvience anyone, except those that work at the hospital.

[terrivh]

christmas break

i work 1/2day on christmas eve day and then i take off between christmas and new years. My husband does not work so i think it is only fair to him to give him his vacation time.

[Abigail]

Does anyone else look ahead on the calendar and pre-print the exact holidays you will be closed for the entire year? I recently found a website called CalendarLabs.com and you can print the entire year on one sheet of paper and if will even put the holidays in red. It even printed election day in red, . I went through the page and highlighted all the 10 days I want to be closed and decided that if I am open by this Christmas season I would be closed Fridayand Monday so I could have two four-day work weeks.

I actually went searching for calendars online to figure out when I would teach certain topics throughout the year and stumbled across the holidays and did more research, .

I feel like I have more of a backbone if from day one I can say these are the days daycare is closed. I don't want to have the idea of saying two months before "Uhh, umm, I'm not sure what days to take off" and I don't want to get caught up in anyone's temporary financial struggle talk either.

[Unregistered]

In the past I closed early on Christmas Eve and opened the day after. Last year my mom was here so I closed on the Eve. Might make that perm. This year I will for sure take the day after.

I am sure at least one parent will get one of the days off, if they are salary, they will get the day paid. check with the parents if you want to try to appease as many as you can. Oh, and new years, I dont care too much, but normally try to close early that day as well (eve that is)

[Cat Herder]

Does anyone else look ahead on the calendar and pre-print the exact holidays you will be closed for the entire year?

For about 13 years now...

It makes it easier to give them your calendar in January for the next 12 months. It also helps to post it to your Daycare website/FB page for quick reference since not all will/can keep the calendar handy.

I have no arguing.... BUT I do still have to send out reminders of all upcoming vacations for each month to get rid of most of the drama since at least one will forget. I also print it on their daily sheets.

Believe it or not I still have folks show up on closed days from time to time...