"While the festive season's most famous workers are the elves of the North Pole and their sleigh-riding courier, there are many more that keep things running over the final weeks of the year. For some living in Europe, the blessings come in the form of paid public holidays. Others might be graced with additional holidays throughout the year in return for fewer days off during the festive period."
"These include emergency services, as well as hospitality and retail workers, many of which experience their most demanding times of the year. Logistics workers are also needed to get Christmas cards and gifts to their destinations. Who's putting their feet up over Christmas? Europeans tend to have between two and five public holidays throughout this time of year, ranging from Christmas Eve on December 24 up until Epiphany on January 6."
Many workers beyond seasonal icons keep services running during the festive weeks, including emergency services, hospitality, retail and logistics. European public-holiday schedules during the Christmas–New Year period vary, with countries observing between two and five public holidays. Malta has 14 holidays annually, two in the Christmas–New Year period; Cyprus, Slovakia and Romania have 15 holidays, about a third occurring during the festive period. Lithuania records 16 holidays, including four between Christmas Eve and New Year's Day. In Germany nearly one in ten workers still work after 2:00pm on Christmas Eve, with eastern Germans more likely to be called in and often the same people working late each year. States that require businesses to shut at 2:00pm on December 24 force residents to stock supplies until December 27.
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