It is for many mate, certainly in my industry and steelworkers.Not all industries have stop periods.Shops in town all will be open. Warehouses to supply shops are now a big part of our local.economy they don’t have stop periods.
Sure, I appreciate many people will be *able* to go to work but equally plenty of folk will be on annual leave anyway.
I always used to work that period when I had a proper job because you could get more done and people with kids wanted the time off. But in general if you want time off in the Christmas-New Year “perineum” I reckon you’ll probably be able to get it.
