My parents signed the renewed contracts in august and new in advance that I am closed from Dec. 24th to Jan 2nd inclus. (I offered the 24th after and they were all off for Holidays so... I did good) but they pay for the day of and the next day of the Holidays. No one argued, (cant argue if it was all agreed on months before) and I got all my post-dated checks.. done !! Most of the parents are off between the Holidays and so I said, I'll do that as well, no need to have child care if they don't work... plus they dont pay full weeks so, its a win win for both of us. Its also good for the parents to have to take some time off to be with their child ... hey I dont get paid much either, but I need the time off lol