One of the weirdest kinds of privilege to explain to people is holiday privilege. It comes up a lot with things like election day. When you start going through examples with people they start to get it. Like, are restaurants and retail stores still open on holidays? So those employees are still working. What about hospitals? Nursing homes? First responders?
Even as an office worker who has generally not been any of these things, my last three years have been an exercise in the differences. Two years ago, Christmas was one of two days of the year the office was closed. (No, that's not a typo. Two holidays a year.) Last year I worked somewhere that took a week off. And this year, I am somewhere we get more than two days a year, and Christmas is one of the days off we get.
So, I'm looking forward to a week with a break in the middle. Time to connect with family and other loved ones. To indulge in delicious food.
These things are great ideas any week, but it helps to have official time off work to facilitate it.
Whatever shape your week ahead takes, may it be filled with love and deliciousness. And maybe some reading time too.
