[BC] Jews on Xmas Eve.

[Donna Halper]

>Rachel wrote--
>        I am at work this evening.  It has been my tradition to work on
>        Christmas Eve, even if it means swapping a regular day off.
>I know that for some, being home with family is very important, so I put
>a little good will in the season.

I always worked Xmas and Easter when I was in radio-- give my Christian 
colleagues a day off to be with their families.  Also,my husband and I have 
volunteered with Project Ezra, a Jewish charitable organisation that works 
at shelters on Christian holidays to give the Christian volunteers the day 
off.  It's a nice thing to do and it's too bad people don't do more of it 
on other days-- one of the biggest complaints my friends who are social 
workers have is that everybody wants to volunteer on Thanksgiving and 
Christmas and Easter, but just about nobody shows up the rest of the year.