I worked for a long time outside the home before I did daycare and I can tell you I NEVER sent my kids to daycare if I had time off. I got 2 weeks at Christmas, 2 weeks in summer and some in between and I realize that kids grow up so fast and these small moments to spend extra time with them won't last forever.
That's why I can never understand why, if you had time off, that you wouldn't want to spend it with your child. I had daycare parents a couple of years ago who both had a total of 2 weeks off for the holidays together and sent both of their boys every day for the whole day, not spending one day with them. I was so ticked off and felt so bad for the boys because they knew their mom and dad were home.