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  • 2016/2017 Xmas/New Years - What Are You Doing?

    I know this comes up every few years but don't know if this has been asked yet about this year.... Xmas Eve and Xmas Day and NY Eve & NY Day fall on weekends this year. Those are 4 of my 9 paid holidays for the year. Boo!!

    What is everyone doing for them? I think I am taking both Mondays, Dec. 26th and Jan. 2nd. I am already off Fridays so don't need to take those but thought of maybe just closing Dec 26-29th (4 days) instead of taking the 2 Mondays but that's not how my contract is worded so not sure how parents will feel about it.

  • #2
    I'm taking the week between Christmas and New Years off.

    I hand out a vacation schedule in January, so parents have plenty of time to find accommodations.

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    • #3
      I'm closed from December 12th - 23rd for our family vacantion. It's been a long time...

      We are going to Disneyland and have been planning this vacation for a year. I'm not charging for this closure and every family has been given a year to prepare, made I've made it very very known to our 2 new families before they signed up, they all told me they are prepared for the closure. we'll see. I just reminded them again and one family (my one military family) seemed confused about the fact that I'm actually CLOSED during my family vacation. "So who's going to be running the daycare while your gone...? Are you going to be open your normal hours?" 🙄
      "No DCM. Daycare is closed during those days. You either need to take time off work or make sure to have other care lined up." we talked about this in August, almost same convo...

      I'm closed the 26th observing Christmas. I'm always closed the day after Christmas anyway. 24th-26th are paid holidays for me. I was also going to close Friday and that following Monday, observing New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, but we don't really do anything for those holidays, so I'm open since it would be a little much after being closed for 2-weeks and a day. 😁

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      • #4
        This year I am closed the Friday before and the Monday after. So a nice 4 day weekend

        I am considering taking the week off between Christmas and New Year in 2017...we'll see. It would be lovely and I have will have 2 of my 3 kids in school by then, so I may want extra time with them...hmmm

        If you are already closed Mondays, maybe take Thursday off too?

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        • #5
          Usually i take the whole week off. This year I'm just doing the Mondays after as paid holidays.
          I have in my contract that if a holiday lands on a weekend, it will be observed the Friday before or Monday after.

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          • #6
            I'm taking the 26th-30th off paid. I usually take Christmas Eve, Christmas, the day after Christmas, New Years eve and New Year's Day off paid but since that all falls on weekends this year except the day after Christmas I switched the days (as allowed per my contract).

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            • #7
              I take 2 weeks off using paid vacation days mixed with the paid holidays. Paid Holidays will be observed on Fri and Mon. Next year I'm not sure yet due to the way the dates are. I will probably use the Christmas Eve on Tuesday since I already have Monday off for Christmas Day.

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              • #8
                I usually take off the week between Christmas and New Years.

                Sometimes I switch it up and take off a few days before or after the weekend and have a long weekend or two.

                My families all pay the same weekly rate 52 weeks a year so all of it's paid either way.

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                • #9
                  My contract does state that I can take the Friday before or Monday after, but since I've been closed on Fridays for a while I have just lost out on some holidays. It doesn't state that I may take the entire week between so not sure how that would go over. :: I have 2 teacher families, and the other 3 all have elementary children that they'll have to figure out days off for anyway (and they all have grandparents around and will probably have days off themselves).

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                  • #10
                    Closed the 26th (I close the 25th and 26th for Christmas)
                    Open the 2nd. But then again I don't do anything for NYE anyway.

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                    • #11
                      Every year I take a paid two week winter break. So this year I am closed from Dec. 26-Jan.6th.

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                      • #12
                        Closed dec 26th-dec 30th. Reopening jan 2nd. I always take the week between christmas and new years. I also take a week off in July, usually it coincides with the 4th.

                        Since I had to close for a week while I was sick, I had a family suggest I stay open between Christmas and New Year's. Nope, still taking the week off.

                        None of my time off is paid.

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                        • #13
                          Closing early the Friday before Christmas eve and new years eve. Closed the Monday after Christmas and new years day. Now if any of my parents actually remember is another thing. If I was thinking I would have just taken the week I'm between off but too late now. Maybe next year. Those days are all paid.

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                          • #14
                            The way I word my contract for paid holidays:

                            "(Business Name) will normally be closed for the observance of the following holidays: New Year's Day, President’s Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, 4th of July (2 days), Labor Day, Thanksgiving (2 days), Christmas (2 days) and New Year’s Eve. Exact dates will be posted annually & federally observed dates may be applicable when dates fall on the weekend. Payment for these holidays is expected for all families in attendance of 3 or more days per week. If your final two-week notice is 14 days before a holiday, payment is still required for that holiday."

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                            • #15
                              I'm taking off the December 26th- January 2nd. All paid of course

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