get whether I work or not. Count me in. It's certainly a better deal than working the day after Thanksgiving (I refuse to call it by any other term). I think everything non-essential, especially retail, should be closed on all national holidays. The tiny grocery store I do a lot of shopping at is always closed on holidays, and I say good for them. I do this crazy thing called planning ahead. When I worked technical support for point of sale terminals, people would FIGHT to be able to work on holidays. We got holiday pay AND double time and a half. On top of all that, full catered meals for everyone working that day. The best part? A ten hour shift would get you maybe 10 calls. It was awesome. When I was a baker, Thanksgiving and Christmas meant coming in at midnight to get a jump on the crazy amount of bread that had to be made. It was actually a lot of fun working in the kitchen with absolutely no customers around. We drank a lot and blasted music and had a great time. I was also done by about mid afternoon, so I never really felt put out on Thanksgiving. Now I'm a teacher, so Thanksgiving means a two-day work week and a five-day weekend. I don't feel put out at all. Then again, I have no friends or family with which to share Thanksgiving or Christmas, so I might be biased. One of my best