I am taking 2 weeks off over Christmas. My contract states that Dec24,23,26,31 and Jan 1 are paid holidays for me. So the other 5 days will be unpaid. I would not want to be open for 1 child either. I have done that before I smartened up and hated it. I even used to work on Christmas Eve, never again! There have to be some perks to doing this job!