If COVID-19 is brought under control in the next few months as some reports in newspapers say....

...should we have a Christmas type celebration when the weather is better? I'm thinking May/June. Because of the unique reason Christmas was cut back on this year, why not a unique summer time (in the northern hemisphere) Christmas holiday? On a financial front, I can see the advantages for businesses especially in the hospitality industry) that have been so badly hit since last March.

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SooperSarah

On a fiscal front, do you expect businesses to give people more paid time off for this extra holiday?

jackieash · 26-30

@SooperSarah Good point. It's hard to know just which sectors [b]haven't[/b] ben hit hard by COVID-19; As far as the business I'm in, (health food retail) it wouldn't make that much of a difference; as I said in my OP, I was thinking more about those in hospitality, who have been clobbered since this thing started. There has been talk of an extra one off bank holiday for the Queen's 70th Anniversary; if the govt could arrange for that, couldn't it also make provision for a one-off delayed Christmas?

SooperSarah

@jackieash where I work we're work 60 hour weeks. An extra day off costs the company money and puts us that much further behind.
I know this is just me, but my family is far enough away that even a three day weekend wouldn't make it worthwhile to travel and see them. I've also already spent money on the holiday goodies like food and gifts. Sure, those could be skipped, but at that point I might as well just use my vacation time and visit family whenever I want to.