I used to work at the only restaurant at the Inner Harbor in Baltimore that was open on Thanksgiving and Christmas. I LOVED it! My family is quite small and we've never made a big fuss out of the holidays. My parents live less than two hours away from where I'm currently living, and flights to where my grandma and aunt live are cheap, so whenever we DO want to make a fuss, it's easy. I loved working at the restaurant on holidays because I was the only host who wouldn't complain, so I got to choose my shift (always the early one) and always met some really cool people.
Now, I'm in retail. My family still doesn't make a big fuss out of the holidays, but now I get crap from my step-dad's parents because I haven't gone up to Pittsburgh to visit them in years and I always have to work on Black Friday. I hate this weekend. It's the biggest weekend of the year at one of the busiest malls in Maryland. Craaaaaaaaaaaaaaaap.