[rdl]

I love working on Christmas, since I don't really celebrate -- if I'm working, then other people don't have to, and I get paid a premium. The Christmas-New Years week is basically the most productive period in the world, followed closely by Burning Man week.

Thanksgiving, in the US, has more market penetration than Christmas. Yet, there's the huge Black Friday shopping thing, so stores pay people extra to set up on Thursday too.

[acchow]

Oh Black Friday.

"Only in America do you celebrate being thankful for everything you have on Thursday so you can go buy more shit on Friday" -Some wise netizen (a paraphrase).