Rhoads, no offense and I'm not picking on you, but how long have you been in this business? Quite a while I believe, but I have been wrong before. Bartlett being closed on the Monday after Christmas is nothing, try being laid off for 11 days because your bosses all want to go home for Christmas, or bring your family down for the holidays and being laid off 2 days before Christmas ... I'm sure all of us have some horror stories to tell about holidays and holiday pay.
Perhaps this would be a new topic? How I spent my holiday....